Glyn Davies (footballer, born 1932)

Welsh footballer

Glyn Davies
Personal information
Date of birth (1932-05-31)31 May 1932
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Date of death 7 February 2013(2013-02-07) (aged 80)
Place of death Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1962 Derby County 200 (5)
1962–1964 Swansea Town 17 (1)
1964–1965 Yeovil Town
Pembroke Borough
Total 217+ (6+)
Managerial career
1964–1965 Yeovil Town (Player-manager)
1965–1966 Swansea Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glyn Davies (31 May 1932 – 7 February 2013) was a Welsh professional footballer who made 217 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Derby County and Swansea Town.[1] Davies then became player-manager of Southern League side Yeovil Town, before in 1965 he was appointed Swansea Town manager,[2] with Yeovil receiving a fee in the region of £1,250 as compensation.[3]

After his spell as manager for Swansea City, he was player-coach at Pembroke Borough.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Glyn Davies". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Centenary feature 1959–1967". Swansea City A.F.C. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ^ "A tribute to Glyn Davies". Ciderspace: The Independent Yeovil Town FC website. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Players of the past".
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Yeovil Town F.C. – managers
  • Gregory (1923–28)
  • Lowes (1928–29)
  • Pratt (1929–33)
  • Page (1933–35)
  • Halliday (1935–38)
  • Kingdon (1938–46)
  • Stock (1946–49)
  • Paterson (1949–51)
  • Lowe (1951–53)
  • Clarke (1953–57)
  • Dodgin (1957)
  • Baldwin (1957–60)
  • Hayward (1960–64)
  • Davies (1964–65)
  • McDonald (1965–67)
  • Saunders (1967–69)
  • Hughes (1969–72)
  • Irwin (1972–75)
  • Harland (1975–78)
  • Lloyd (1978–81)
  • Allison (1981)
  • Giles (1981–83)
  • Hughesc (1983)
  • Finnigan (1983–84)
  • Coles (1984)
  • MacFarlane (1984)
  • Gow (1984–87)
  • Hall (1987–90)
  • Whitehead (1990–91)
  • Rutter (1991–93)
  • Hall (1994–95)
  • Roberts (1995–98)
  • Lippiatt (1998–99)
  • Thompson (1999–2000)
  • Webb (2000)
  • Thompsonc (2000)
  • Addison (2000–01)
  • Johnson (2001–05)
  • Thompson (2005–06)
  • Slade (2006–09)
  • Thompsonc (2009)
  • Skiverton (2009–12)
  • Johnson (2012–15)
  • Skivertonc (2015)
  • Sturrock (2015)
  • Way (2015–19)
  • Marmonc (2019)
  • Sarll (2019–22)
  • Leec (2022)
  • Stauntonc (2022)
  • Hargreaves (2022)
  • Cooper (2022–)
(c) = caretaker manager
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Swansea City A.F.C. – managers
(c) = caretaker manager; (p) = player-manager; (cp) = caretaker player-manager


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