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English footballer

Cyril Bacon
Personal information
Full name Cyril William Bacon
Date of birth (1919-11-09)9 November 1919
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Date of death 26 March 2001(2001-03-26) (aged 81)
Place of death Broward County, Florida, United States
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1946 Hayes
1946–1950 Leyton Orient 118 (3)
1950–1951 Brentford 0 (0)
1951–1952 Dartford
1952–1954 Tunbridge Wells Utd
1954–1956 Ashford Town 29 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril William Bacon (9 November 1919 – 26 March 2001) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Leyton Orient, making 118 appearances in the Football League.

Bacon joined Orient in June 1946 and made his league debut against Southend United in the following September. He made 121 league and cup appearances for Orient, scoring three goals, in four seasons before being released in May 1950 when he signed for Brentford

After a season with Brentford (where he didn't make a first team league appearance) he moved into non-league football: firstly for one season with Southern League club Dartford; then onto two Kent League clubs, Tunbridge Wells Utd again for two seasons, then Ashford Town for just over one season.

References

  1. ^ "Cyril Bacon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. "Cyril Bacon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0752424122.
  4. "Unpleasant Incident". Kentish Express: 2. 24 August 1951.
  5. "Hope Will Lead Wells Against Ashford". Kentish Express: 3. 25 September 1952.
  6. "New Look Ashford Forwards Face Old City Rearguard: More Signing for Railmen". Kentish Express: 4. 20 August 1954.


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