Roy McCrohan
{{Short description|English footballer (1930–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Roy McCrohan
| image =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|09|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|3|3|1930|9|22|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Wing half
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Reading
| years1 = 1949–1951
| clubs1 = Reading
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1951–1962
| clubs2 = Norwich City
| caps2 = 385
| goals2 = 20
| years3 = 1962–1964
| clubs3 = Colchester United
| caps3 = 75
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 1964–1965
| clubs4 = Bristol Rovers
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 1
| totalcaps = 474
| totalgoals = 27
}}
File:Norwich City FC 1959.jpg, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/roymccrohan.html|title=Profile|access-date=15 September 2013|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm |title=NASL Coaches Registry |access-date=12 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711153431/http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm |archive-date=11 July 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-roy-mccrohan-2314686.aspx|title=CITY LEGEND ROY McCROHAN PASSES AWAY|access-date=4 March 2015|publisher=Norwich City Football Club}}
Honours
Norwich City{{cite web|url=http://www.Coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerLeagueOne.html |title=Tier Three (League One) Honours |work=Coludaybyday.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.Coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerLeagueCup.html |title=League Cup Honours |work=Coludaybyday.co.uk}}
References
- {{cite book|title=Canary Citizens|author1=Mark Davage|author2= John Eastwood|author3= Kevin Platt|publisher=Jarrold Publishing|year=2001|ISBN=0-7117-2020-7}}
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{{Minnesota Kicks coaches}}
{{Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Reading, Berkshire
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Category:English football managers
Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches
Category:English expatriate football managers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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