Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Morton Curry [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 October 1935||
Place of birth | Longbenton, England | ||
Date of death | 20 August 1990[1] | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Mansfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Newcastle United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1953–1959 | Newcastle United | 80 | (36) |
1959–1960 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 49 | (26) |
1960–1965 | Derby County | 148 | (67) |
1965–1968 | Mansfield Town | 102 | (53) |
1968–1969 | Chesterfield | 14 | (2) |
1969 | → Boston Town (loan) | ||
International career | |||
1957 | England U23 | 1 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1976 | Boston Town | ||
1977–1986 | Sutton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Morton Curry (12 October 1935 – 20 August 1990) was an English professional footballer who scored 184 goals from 393 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Derby County, Mansfield Town and Chesterfield. [3] He played once, and scored, for England's under-23 team. [4]
He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1959–60 season with 26 goals in all competitions, [5] and Mansfield's top scorer in both 1965–66 and 1966–67. [6] He went on to manage Boston Town to the Midland League title in the 1974–75 season, [7] and spent nine years as manager of Sutton Town. [2]
Curry was born in Longbenton, Northumberland, in 1935, and died in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1990 at the age of 54. [1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Morton Curry [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 October 1935||
Place of birth | Longbenton, England | ||
Date of death | 20 August 1990[1] | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Mansfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Newcastle United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1953–1959 | Newcastle United | 80 | (36) |
1959–1960 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 49 | (26) |
1960–1965 | Derby County | 148 | (67) |
1965–1968 | Mansfield Town | 102 | (53) |
1968–1969 | Chesterfield | 14 | (2) |
1969 | → Boston Town (loan) | ||
International career | |||
1957 | England U23 | 1 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1976 | Boston Town | ||
1977–1986 | Sutton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Morton Curry (12 October 1935 – 20 August 1990) was an English professional footballer who scored 184 goals from 393 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Derby County, Mansfield Town and Chesterfield. [3] He played once, and scored, for England's under-23 team. [4]
He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1959–60 season with 26 goals in all competitions, [5] and Mansfield's top scorer in both 1965–66 and 1966–67. [6] He went on to manage Boston Town to the Midland League title in the 1974–75 season, [7] and spent nine years as manager of Sutton Town. [2]
Curry was born in Longbenton, Northumberland, in 1935, and died in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1990 at the age of 54. [1]