Roy McCrohan
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-09-22)22 September 1930
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England
Date of death 3 March 2015(2015-03-03) (aged 84)
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1951 Reading 4 (1)
1951–1962 Norwich City 385 (20)
1962–1964 Colchester United 75 (5)
1964–1965 Bristol Rovers 10 (1)
Total 474 (27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Norwich City F.C. in 1959 – from left, standing: Roy McCrohan, Ralph Hunt, Ken Nethercott, Barry Butler, Ron Ashman, Matt Crowe; sitting from left: Errol Crossan, Terry Allcock, Terry Bly, Jimmy Hill and Bobby Brennan.

Roy McCrohan (22 September 1930 – 3 March 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]

Career

Born in Reading, Berkshire, McCrohan spent the majority of his career with Norwich City before playing for Colchester United and Bristol Rovers. He was a member of the Norwich sides which reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1959 as a third division team, won promotion to division two in 1960 and won the League Cup in 1962. He later coached at Bristol Rovers, Aldershot, Fulham and Ipswich Town, both the latter two with Bobby Robson, and was assistant manager at Luton Town before moving to live in the USA.[2] He was an assistant coach for the Detroit Express for the 1978 NASL season. He was named head coach of the Minnesota Kicks on 14 December 1978. He coached the team for the 1979 NASL season and first nine games of the 1980 NASL season.

Death

McCrohan died on 3 March 2015 in the West Country after a long illness.[3]

Honours

Norwich City]][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  3. ^ "CITY LEGEND ROY McCROHAN PASSES AWAY". Norwich City Football Club. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Tier Three (League One) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  5. ^ "League Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.


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