Bill Cassidy (footballer, born 1940)

Bill Cassidy
Personal information
Full name	William Pitt Cassidy
Date of birth	4 October 1940
Place of birth	Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death	9 March 1995 (aged 54)
Place of death	Oxford, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Left half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
195?–1958	Burnbank Swifts
1958	Hamilton Academical
1958	Coltness United
1958–1961	Rangers
1961–1962	Rotherham United
1962–1967	Brighton & Hove Albion
1967–1968	Chelmsford City
1968	Detroit Cougars
1968–1971	Cambridge United
1971–1972	Kettering Town
1972–197?	Ramsgate Athletic
1975–1977	Brora Rangers
Managerial career
1977–1979	Ross County
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Pitt Cassidy (4 October 1940 – 9 March 1995) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He made 174 English Football League appearances playing for Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United.^[1] He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical,^[3] and spent the 1968 North American Soccer League season with the Detroit Cougars.^[2] He also played junior football for Burnbank Swifts and Coltness United and English non-league football for Chelmsford City, Kettering Town and Ramsgate Athletic.^[3]^[4] He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers^[5] and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.^[6]

Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.^[1]

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^ Cambridge United figures include Football League matches only.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bill Cassidy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bill Cassidy". NASLJerseys.com. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bill Cassidy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ McAllister, Bill (18 December 1976). "Bill's boys put Brora into the big-time". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 20.
^ Black, Hamish (30 June 1979). "Midsummer madness hits North soccer". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 8.

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[3] Cambridge United figures include Football League matches only.

[Hugman-1] "Bill Cassidy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[NASLJerseys-2] "Bill Cassidy". NASLJerseys.com. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[NB-4] "Bill Cassidy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[5] "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[6] McAllister, Bill (18 December 1976). "Bill's boys put Brora into the big-time". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 20.

[7] Black, Hamish (30 June 1979). "Midsummer madness hits North soccer". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 8.

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