Vic Halom
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1967 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Leyton Orient | 53 | (12) |
| 1968–1971 | Fulham | 72 | (22) |
| 1971–1973 | Luton Town | 59 | (17) |
| 1973–1976 | Sunderland | 113 | (35) |
| 1976–1980 | Oldham Athletic | 123 | (43) |
| 1980–1981 | Rotherham United | 20 | (2) |
| Total | 452 | (131) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| Barrow | |||
| 1984–1986 | Rochdale | ||
| 1988 | Burton Albion | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Victor Lewis "Vic" Halom (born 3 October 1948) is an English former
Playing career
Halom was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, his parents were Hungarian emigrants. He featured as a player most prominently for Sunderland and Oldham Athletic. He played as centre forward in the Sunderland team that won the FA Cup in 1973. Having only joined the club three months earlier, he scored important goals in the fifth round replay against Manchester City and the semi-final against Arsenal.
Coaching career
Halom moved into management in the early 1980s managing
Immediately after that the team went into steep decline not helped by the disastrous signing of
Outside football
In 1992, Halom stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate for Sunderland North in the 1992 General Election but finished third.[1]
References
- ^ "Weekly Howl 30-04-10". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 10 October 2012.