George Kirby (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 December 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Date of death | 24 March 2000 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Elland, England[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1959 | Everton | 26 | (9) |
1959–1960 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | (0) |
1960–1962 | Plymouth Argyle | 93 | (38) |
1962–1964 | Southampton | 63 | (28) |
1964 | Coventry City | 18 | (10) |
1964–1965 | Swansea Town | 26 | (8) |
1965–1967 | Walsall | 75 | (25) |
1967–1968 | New York Generals | 47 | (23) |
1968–1969 | Brentford | 5 | (1) |
1969 | Worcester City | ||
Managerial career | |||
1970–1971 | Halifax Town | ||
1971–1973 | Watford | ||
1974–1975 | ÍA | ||
– | in Kuwait | ||
1977–1978 | ÍA | ||
1978–1981 | Halifax Town | ||
1980 | ÍA | ||
1982 | ÍA | ||
1990 | ÍA | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Kirby (20 December 1933 – 24 March 2000[3][4]) was an English footballer and manager.
Playing career
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Kirby was born in
Football League
appearances and scored 119 goals.
Management career
His first post in management was at
1971–72 season by leading Halifax to a 2–1 Watney Cup victory over a full strength Manchester United side, which included George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton. Just a week later Kirby left Halifax to take charge at Watford
where he remained until May 1973. At Watford, injuries, boardroom unrest, and a shortage of luck and money, conspired to produce two terrible winters consisting of one humiliation and very nearly a second.
He later moved to Iceland where he managed one of the country's leading clubs; Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA)[7][8]
In 1978, he left Akranes and returned to Halifax. Kirby inspired the team to another famous victory over Mancunian rivals; this time it was the turn of Malcolm Allison's Manchester City, who fell to a single Paul Hendrie goal in an FA Cup 3rd round tie in January 1980. His second spell with the Yorkshire club ended in June 1981 after a string of poor results saw his team finish second bottom of the old 4th division.
References
- ^ "George Kirby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ISBN 0-907969-40-2.
- ^ ISBN 1-874287-47-3.
- ^ "KIRBY - SCOURGE OF HIGH FLYERS". halifaxcourier.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Home Page". www.pafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
- ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/georgekirby.html [bare URL]
- ^ Safnasvæðið Akranesi - Saga íþrótta á Akranesi
- ^ Þjálfarar ÍA 1951 - 2007 - Íþróttabandalag Akraness Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Meynell, Johnny (1999). Halifax Town From Ball to Lillis; A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-87428-726-0.
- The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who by Trefor Jones