Eric Worthington
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eric Senior Worthington[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 November 2006 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Position(s) |
Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1945 | Golders Green | ||
| 1945–1947 | Willesden | ||
| 1947–1949 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1949–1951 | Watford | 24 | (4) |
| 1951–1953 | Dover | ||
| 1953 | Bradford City | 2 | (1) |
| 1953–1961 | Margate | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1972 | England women | ||
| 1974 |
Australia U23 | ||
| 1975 |
Australia (caretaker) | ||
| 1976 |
Papua New Guinea | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eric Senior Worthington (29 December 1925 – 16 November 2006) was an English professional
Football Hall of Fame
.
Playing career
After two years at
Football League debut with Watford after joining in August 1949. He combined his duties as a schoolmaster and professional footballer, making 30 appearances for the Hornets over two seasons before dropping into non–league with Dover.[2] A prolific spell with Dover saw a brief return to the league ranks with Bradford City in September 1953, before, weeks later, he was back in Kent with Margate
while doing a teacher training course.
Worthington remained with Margate eight years, overcoming injuries to make 243 appearances in both attack and midfield, scoring 36 goals and captaining the team on occasion. He retired in 1961 to take up a position at Loughborough College.[3]
Coaching career
Worthington was the original manager of the
friendlies at B level.[6]
Worthington coached the Papua New Guinea national team during their Olympic qualifiers in 1976. He retired as director of coaching in 1989 and his last official role was taking an Australian student select team to his home city of
Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.[3]
References
- ^ "Eric Worthington". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
- ^ a b c d Jeff Trice. "Eric Worthington profile". Margate FC History. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b Jim Shoulder (19 July 2007). "Coach's game plan for football". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Michael Cockerill (5 March 1987). "Soccer's pommie mafia, does it exist, or is it just fiction?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Thomas Esamie, Andrei Libin and Greg Stock. "Socceroo B Matches for 1975". Oz Football. Retrieved 1 October 2011.