Tom McAnearney
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 February 2012 | (aged 79)||
Position(s) | Wing Half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1965 | Sheffield Wednesday | 352 | (19) |
1965 | Peterborough United | 12 | (0) |
1965–1969 | Aldershot | 106 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
1967–1968 | Aldershot | ||
1970–1971 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
1971–1972 | Bury | ||
1972–1981 | Aldershot | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Tom McAnearney (6 January 1933 – 14 February 2012) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Born in Dundee, he played at Sheffield Wednesday, with his brother Jim, and later at Peterborough United and Aldershot. After he retired he joined the Sheffield Wednesday coaching staff. He spent one season as manager of Crewe Alexandra.
In the early 1970s he took over as manager at Aldershot and managed them to their first ever promotion during the 1972-73 season and their highest ever league finish the following season.
McAnearney died on 14 February 2012, aged 79, from undisclosed causes.
External links[]
- Tom McAnearney management career statistics at Soccerbase
Tom was a serviceman in the Royal Air Force, serving at RAF worksop in 1955.
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2012 deaths
- Footballers from Dundee
- Scottish footballers
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. managers
- Bury F.C. managers
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers
- English Football League players
- English Football League managers
- Association football wing halves
- Scottish football managers
- Scottish football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs