Bill Curry (English footballer)

William Morton Curry (12 October 1935 – 20 August 1990) was an English professional footballer who scored 184 goals from 393 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Derby County, Mansfield Town and Chesterfield.[3] He played once, and scored, for England's under-23 team.[4]

This article is about the English forward. For the Scottish centre-half, see Bill Currie (footballer).

Bill Curry
Personal information
Full name William Morton Curry[1]
Date of birth (1935-10-12)12 October 1935[1]
Place of birth Longbenton, England
Date of death 20 August 1990(1990-08-20) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death Mansfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
– Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1959 Newcastle United 80 (36)
1959–1960 Brighton & Hove Albion 49 (26)
1960–1965 Derby County 148 (67)
1965–1968 Mansfield Town 102 (53)
1968–1969 Chesterfield 14 (2)
1969 → Boston Town (loan)
National team
1957 England U23 1 (1)
Teams managed
1971–1976 Boston Town
1977–1986 Sutton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1959–60 season with 26 goals in all competitions,[5] and Mansfield's top scorer in both 1965–66 and 1966–67.[6] He went on to manage Boston Town to the Midland League title in the 1974–75 season,[7] and spent nine years as manager of Sutton Town.[2]

Curry was born in Longbenton, Northumberland, in 1935, and died in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1990 at the age of 54.[1]

References
  1. Basson, Stuart (18 February 2010). "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2009". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 65. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
  3. "Bill Curry". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. "Young England Maintain An Unbeaten Record Greaves Outstanding Against Rumania". The Times. 17 October 1957. p. 14.
    Courtney, Barrie (27 March 2004). "England – U-23 International Results– Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. Carder & Harris, Albion A–Z, p. 338.
  6. "Hall of Fame – The Strikers Part 1". Mansfield Town F.C. 22 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  7. "Club History". Boston Town F.C. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.


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