Cecil Poynton
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Cecil Poynton
|image=
|fullname=Cecil Poynton
|birth_date= {{birth date|1901|08|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brownhills, England
|death_date={{death date and age|1983|01|12|1901|08|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Tottenham, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite news |title=Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur |author=The Vagrant |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=21 August 1922 |page=5}}
|position=Left back
| years1 = 1923–1932 | years2 =1934–?
| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur | clubs2 =Ramsgate
| caps1 = 152 | goals1 = 3 | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ?
}}
File:Tottenham Hotspur FC 1960.jpg in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower (captain) and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Bill Nicholson as manager and Cecil Poynton as trainer.]]
Cecil Poynton (10 August 1901 – 12 January 1983) was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Ramsgate.{{cite book |title= Football League Players' Records|last=Joyce |first= Michael |year=2004 |publisher=soccerdata |isbn= 1-899468-63-3|page= 211}}
Football career
He joined the Spurs in August 1922 after being spotted playing for Welsh club Ton Pentre. Poynton a popular, loyal servant spent over half a century at the White Hart Lane club in various capacities including ten years as a player.
The left back made his debut versus Birmingham City in December, 1923. In a career hampered by injuries, Poynton made a total of 158 appearances and scored three goals for the Lilywhites in all competitions .[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players] Retrieved 3 December 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html |date=15 April 2009 }} He became the first Tottenham player to be sent off in a match against Stoke City[http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_poynton.htm Cecil Poynton fact file] Retrieved 18 February 2009 before taking up the position of player coach of the reserve side in 1933–34. Poynton had two spells at Ramsgate as player manager.[http://www.ramsgate-fc.co.uk/site2/page.php?38 Ramsgate F.C. history] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070707064429/http://www.ramsgate-fc.co.uk/site2/page.php?38 |date=7 July 2007 }} Retrieved 18 February 2009 In 1945 he was offered the role of the 1st team assistant trainer with the Spurs and was promoted to club trainer in 1947, a position
he kept till 1972 before becoming the club's physiotherapist.
Poynton died at St Ann's Hospital, Tottenham in January, 1983.
References
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External links
- [http://brownhillsbob.com/2013/09/15/from-brownhills-to-tottenham/ Cecil Poynton blog]
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Category:People from Brownhills
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
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Category:English Football League players
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Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Ton Pentre F.C. players
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Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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