Brian Tiler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 March 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 June 1990 (aged 47) | ||
| Place of death |
Latina , Italy | ||
| Position(s) |
Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1968 | Rotherham United | 213 | (27) |
| 1968–1972 | Aston Villa | 107 | (3) |
| 1972–1974 | Carlisle United | 52 | (1) |
| 1974–1976 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | (0) |
| 1976 |
Portland Timbers | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1976 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 1977 |
Portland Timbers | ||
| 1978–1980 | Zambia | ||
| 1980 | Miami Americans | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Tiler (15 March 1943 – 30 June 1990) was an English
central defender
.
Career
Tiler began his career at his home town club
1962–63. He spent seven seasons at Millmoor, playing more than two hundred league games, before moving on to Aston Villa
in December 1968.
At Aston Villa, Tiler had the misfortune of being a member of the side that were relegated to the
Football League
career.
In 1974, he was appointed player-manager of non league
1974–75.[1] He played eleven league games for Wigan before leaving the club in 1976. He would later return to Springfield Park as the coach of the Zambia national team, who Wigan played a friendly against in October 1978.[2]
He then moved to America to join the
Portland Timbers, originally as a player before joining the coaching staff.[3]
In 1980, he became assistant manager to San Diego Sockers
, and Brian Tiler stepped up to become Head Coach until the team's demise at the end of the season.
Tiler later became managing director at
1986–87 along with his friend, team manager Harry Redknapp
.
Death
In June 1990, Tiler was killed in a car accident in Italy, when a car collided head on with the minibus in which Tiler and Redknapp were travelling.[4][5]
Redknapp was also badly injured in the accident, but survived and went on to make a full recovery. The pair were in Italy watching that summer's World Cup.
References
- ^ The non-league memories of Micky Worswick[permanent dead link], Ye Olde Tree and Crown - a Wigan Athletic fans site.
- ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
- ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ Book review: Hunck pack of West Ham, The Independent (6 December 1998)
- ^ The gains of Harry's game, The Independent (16 April 1995)