Ron Suart
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald Suart | ||
Date of birth | 18 November 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Barrow-in-Furness, England | ||
Date of death | 25 March 2015 | (aged 94)||
Place of death | Surrey, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1949 | Blackpool | 103 | (0) |
1949–1955 | Blackburn Rovers | 176 | (0) |
1955–1956 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | (0) |
Total | 302 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
1955–1956 | Wigan Athletic | ||
1956–1958 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | ||
1958–1967 | Blackpool | ||
1974–1975 | Chelsea | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ronald Suart (18 November 1920 – 25 March 2015) was an English football player and manager. His only honour was winning the Division Three North championship as manager of Scunthorpe & Lindsey United in 1957–58.
Playing days
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Suart started his career as a
1948 FA Cup Final, but Suart missed it through injury. He transferred to Blackburn Rovers in 1949, before retiring in 1955. A 29 August 1953 issue of Soccer Star magazine described Suart as "capable at right and left-back as he is when taking over the centre-half position. A fine man to have in any defence."[1]
Managerial career
Suart took over at
Joe Smith, with his wonderful record, will not be easy, but I feel confident, and the thought of managing the club I once played for gives me a great thrill."[citation needed
]
Suart managed to retain Blackpool's place in the top tier for the next eight seasons and reached the
Alan Ball, Ray Charnley, and Emlyn Hughes, though with the abolition of the maximum wage and the new freedom which players had, he was unable to prevent many of his star players moving on. He resigned in January 1967, four months before Blackpool were relegated to Division Two, and was succeeded by Stan Mortensen. He remains Blackpool's second-longest-serving manager behind Joe Smith.[citation needed
]
Suart became assistant manager to
relegation and was replaced by Eddie McCreadie the following April. He later became a scout at Wimbledon but, with the club in heavy financial trouble, he was released in February 2002.[citation needed
]
Death
Suart died on 25 March 2015, aged 94, in Surrey.[4]
Honours
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
- 1957–58
References
- Specific
- ^ Soccer Star. 150 Cheapside, London EC2: Echo Publications. 1953. p. 8.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ISBN 978-1-874427-91-9.
- ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.
- ^ "Chelsea mourn death of former manager Ron Suart aged 94", bbc.co.uk, 26 March 2015.
- General
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 978-1-873626-07-8.
External links
- Managerial stats at Soccerbase
- Ron Suart at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database