Dick Foss | |
Fullname: | Sidney Lacy Richard Foss |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1912 |
Birth Place: | Barking, England |
Death Place: | Merton, England |
Position: | Left half, inside left |
Height: | 5 ft 6 in[1] |
Years1: | 1931–1932 |
Clubs1: | Thames |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1932–1933 |
Clubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1933–1934 |
Clubs3: | Enfield |
Years4: | 1934–1936 |
Clubs4: | Southall |
Years5: | 1936–1948 |
Clubs5: | Chelsea |
Caps5: | 41 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Managerclubs1: | Chelsea Youth |
Sidney Lacy Richard Foss (28 November 1912 – 3 August 1995), commonly known as Dick Foss or Dickie Foss, was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Chelsea, with whom he had a 30-year association.[2] [3] He later served as youth team manager at the club.[4]
Foss was in a reserved occupation during the Second World War.[5] He was a member of the Police War Reserve and was called up prior to the commencement of hostilities.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Chelsea | 1936–37 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
1937–38 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
1938–39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
1945–46 | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
1946–47 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
1947–48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 41 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 3 |