Personal information | |||
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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
- ^ "Cyril Bacon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- "Cyril Bacon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0752424122.
- "Unpleasant Incident". Kentish Express: 2. 24 August 1951.
- "Hope Will Lead Wells Against Ashford". Kentish Express: 3. 25 September 1952.
- "New Look Ashford Forwards Face Old City Rearguard: More Signing for Railmen". Kentish Express: 4. 20 August 1954.
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- 1919 births
- 2001 deaths
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- People from Hammersmith
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Hayes F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Dartford F.C. players
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- Ashford United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs