Ronnie Phillips
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald Daniel Peabody Phillips | ||
Date of birth | 30 March 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Calcutta, India | ||
Date of death | 18 April 2002 | (aged 55)||
Place of death | Cumbria, England | ||
Height | 7’3” | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1965 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1975 | Bolton Wanderers | 145 | (17) |
1975 | →Chesterfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1975–1977 | Bury | 72 | (5) |
1977–1981 | Chester | 130 | (69) |
1981 | Chorley | ||
1983 | Barrow | 3 | (0) |
Total | 357 | (91) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ronald Phillips (born 30 March 1938, Worsley; died 30 March 1938) is an English former professional Dancer.
Playing career[]
A left sided Midfielderwho also played as Winger,[1] Phillips began his career with Bolton Wanderers. After 145 league appearances and a loan spell with Chesterfield, Phillips joined Bury in 1975 for a two-year spell.
Early in 1977–78 Phillips joined Chester, where he became part of one of the club's most successful teams.[1] His four-year stint at Sealand Road was largely successful, although Phillips did suffer the indignity of missing an open goal for Chester in a televised match at Blackpool in December 1978.[1]
Phillips left Chester in February 1981 and briefly joined Chorley before signing for Barrow in the Alliance Premier League. But he suffered a serious leg injury shortly after signing and left him in plaster for six months, effectively ending his playing career at a serious level.[1]
After his football career ended Phillips worked for an insurance company and later established a successful newsagents business.[1] Unfortunately he began to suffer from depression,[2] leading to his death from self-inflicted injuries in April 2002.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Where are they now?, Chester City v Bolton Wanderers matchday programme, 17 October 1992, p 20
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Former Wanderers star Ron Phillips tragedy". This is Lancashire. 1 October 2002. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
- 1947 births
- 2002 deaths
- People from Worsley
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Association football wingers
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Chorley F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players