Bill Cassidy | |
Fullname: | William Pitt Cassidy |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1940 |
Birth Place: | Hamilton, Scotland |
Death Place: | Oxford, England |
Position: | Left half, inside forward |
Years1: | 195?–1958 |
Clubs1: | Burnbank Swifts |
Years2: | 1958 |
Caps2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1958 |
Clubs3: | Coltness United |
Years4: | 1958–1961 |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1961–1962 |
Caps5: | 25 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 1962–1967 |
Caps6: | 118 |
Goals6: | 25 |
Years7: | 1967–1968 |
Clubs7: | Chelmsford City |
Years8: | 1968 |
Caps8: | 20 |
Goals8: | 3 |
Years9: | 1968–1971 |
Clubs9: | Cambridge United |
Caps9: | 31 |
Goals9: | 6 |
Years10: | 1971–1972 |
Clubs10: | Kettering Town |
Years11: | 1972–197? |
Clubs11: | Ramsgate Athletic |
Years12: | 1975–1977 |
Clubs12: | Brora Rangers |
Manageryears1: | 1977–1979 |
Managerclubs1: | Ross County |
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. He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical,[1] 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.[1] [3] He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers[4] and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.[5]
Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.