Cyril Bacon

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cyril Bacon

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| fullname = Cyril William Bacon{{Hugman|697|accessdate=28 November 2017}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|11|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|3|26|1919|11|9|df=y}}

| death_place = Broward County, Florida, United States

| height =

| position = Wing half

| years1 = 19??–1946 | clubs1 = Hayes

| years2 = 1946–1950 | clubs2 = Leyton Orient | caps2 = 118 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1950–1951 | clubs3 = Brentford | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1951–1952 | clubs4 = Dartford | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1952–1954 | clubs5 = Tunbridge Wells Utd | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1954–1956 | clubs6 = Ashford Town | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 9

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Cyril William Bacon (9 November 1919 – 26 March 2001) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Leyton Orient, making 118 appearances in the Football League.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player6/cyrilbacon.html |title=Cyril Bacon |website=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=28 November 2017}}

Bacon joined Orient in June 1946 and made his league debut against Southend United in the following September.{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Neilson N |last2=Ravenhill |first2=Alan E |title=The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club |date=2002 |publisher=Tempus Publishing |isbn=0752424122 |pages=23–24}} He made 121 league and cup appearances for Orient, scoring three goals, in four seasons before being released in May 1950 when he signed for Brentford

After a season with Brentford (where he didn't make a first team league appearance) he moved into non-league football: firstly for one season with Southern League club Dartford;{{cite journal |date=24 August 1951 |title=Unpleasant Incident |journal=Kentish Express |pages=2}} then onto two Kent League clubs, Tunbridge Wells Utd{{cite journal |date=25 September 1952 |title=Hope Will Lead Wells Against Ashford |journal=Kentish Express |pages=3}} again for two seasons, then Ashford Town{{cite journal |date=20 August 1954 |title=New Look Ashford Forwards Face Old City Rearguard: More Signing for Railmen |journal=Kentish Express |pages=4}} for just over one season.