Tim McCoy (footballer)

Wilfred McCoy (4 March 1921 – 27 January 2005), generally known as Tim McCoy, was an English professional footballer who made 184 Football League appearances playing as a centre half for Portsmouth, Northampton Town and Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]

Tim McCoy
Personal information
Full name Wilfred McCoy[1]
Date of birth (1921-03-04)4 March 1921[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 27 January 2005(2005-01-27) (aged 83)[3]
Place of death Brighton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Portsmouth 18 (0)
1948–1951 Northampton Town 60 (0)
1951–1954 Brighton & Hove Albion 112 (0)
1954–195? Tonbridge
195?–1958 Dover
1958–19?? East Grinstead
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

McCoy was born in Birmingham in 1921.[2] He was nicknamed Tim, after the Western film star Tim McCoy, and was generally known by that name.[1] His football career appeared to have ended prematurely when the outbreak of the Second World War and a call-up to the Army prevented him from taking up a trial with Bolton Wanderers. However, when he was posted to Preston Barracks in Brighton, he appeared in wartime matches for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1940–41 season.[1]

After the war, he signed for First Division club Portsmouth. As backup to Reg Flewin, he made just 18 league appearances in two-and-a-half seasons, and moved on to Northampton Town.[1] He captained the team,[3] and helped them finish as Third Division South runners-up in 1949–50.[4] In January 1951, he returned to Brighton & Hove Albion where he was a regular in the team for nearly three years. He left at the end of the 1933–34 season, and went on to play non-league football for Tonbridge, Dover and as player-coach of East Grinstead.[1]

He then worked as a representative of an electrical appliances company and lived in the Woodingdean area of Brighton.[1] He died in the city in 2005 at the age of 83.[2]

References
  1. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. "Wilf McCoy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. "In Memoriam". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. "Northampton Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 16 August 2018.


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