Eddie Lyons (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Edward Lyons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rochdale, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | November 1996 (aged 76)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bracknell, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stockport County | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1950 | Bury | 2 | (0) |
| 1950–1952 | Millwall | 6 | (0) |
| 1952–1953 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | (0) |
| Rochdale | 19 | (1) | |
| Dartford | |||
| Gravesend & Northfleet | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976 | Brentford (caretaker) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Albert Edward "Eddie" Lyons (20 May 1920 – November 1996) was an English professional football full back who played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale.[2] After his retirement as a player, Lyons served Brentford in a number of backroom roles for over 30 years.
Playing career
A full back, Lyons played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale.[1] He saw out his career in non-league football with Southern League sides Dartford and Gravesend & Northfleet, winning the league title with the latter club in the 1957–58 season.[2]
Physiotherapy and coaching career
After retiring from football, Lyons became assistant trainer at Brentford.[2] He also helped Ted Gaskell with the running of the club's short-lived 'A' team in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[2] Lyons progressed to become the club physiotherapist in the 1970s and took caretaker charge for one match in September 1976 after the departure of John Docherty.[3] Lyons was awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in May 1984 for his service and at age 63, he played the final 15 minutes of the match.[2] He earned £8000 from the match,[4] was given a gold watch and was presented with a Canon League Loyalty Award by Brentford chairman Martin Lange.[2] In September 1990, he came out of retirement to serve as a physiotherapist for the officials at an England international match at Wembley Stadium.[5]
Personal life
After dropping out of league football, Lyons settled in Ealing and purchased a newsagents, which he ran with his wife Iris.[2] Lyons suffered from health problems in later life, suffering from bladder cancer, a stroke and having a triple heart bypass operation.[2] As of August 1996, he was living in Bracknell.[2]
Honours
As a player
As an individual
- Canon League Loyalty Award[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Eddie Lyons". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Luton Town 24/08/96. 1996. p. 19.
- ↑ Official Brentford Programme 2006/2007 versus Leyton Orient 31/0107. Dunwoody Sports Publishing. 2007. pp. 38–39.
- ↑ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra 06/04/96. Quay Design of Poole. 1996. p. 20.
- ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9781906796723.
- ↑ "Football Club History Database - Gravesend & Northfleet". Retrieved 21 March 2016.