Sammy Conn
Scottish footballer and manager
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1961-10-26)26 October 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Lanark, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 17 August 2014(2014-08-17) (aged 52) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Polkemmet Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1982 | Falkirk | 26 | (3) |
1982–1986 | Albion Rovers | 146 | (26) |
1986–1987 | Clydebank | 19 | (1) |
1987–1988 | Falkirk | 36 | (2) |
1988–1993 | Airdrie | 126 | (16) |
1993–1994 | Albion Rovers | 38 | (3) |
1994–1997 | Cowdenbeath | ||
Total | 456 | (58) | |
Managerial career | |||
1996–1997 | Cowdenbeath | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sammy Conn (26 October 1961 – 17 August 2014) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
Career
Born in Lanark, Conn played as a midfielder for Polkemmet Juniors, Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Clydebank, Airdrie and Cowdenbeath.[1] After being player-manager of Cowdenbeath between 1996 and 1997, Conn later worked as a youth coach at Ayr United before becoming assistant manager of Dalry Thistle.[2]
Conn suffered from motor neurone disease. He died on 17 August 2014 at age 52.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Sammy Conn". Cowdenbeath F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ Tributes to former Cowdenbeath footballer Sammy Conn
- ^ SAMMY CONN 1961-2014
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Cowdenbeath F.C. – managers
- Parker (1905–1906)
- S. Paterson (1906–24)
- Richardson (1924–25)
- Duncan (1925–32)
- S. Paterson (1932–33)
- W. Patersonc (1933–34)
- Dougary (1934–38)
- Hodge (1938–39)
- Fotheringham (1945–48)
- Sweet (1948–51)
- Baxter (1951–55)
- Dougary (1955–58)
- Mitchell (1958–59)
- Buchanan (1959–60)
- Colville (1960–64)
- Robertson (1964–68)
- Matthew (1968–74)
- Paton (1974)
- McLindon (1974–75)
- Connor (1975–77)
- P. Wilson (1977–80)
- Stanton (1980)
- Rolland (1980–82)
- H. Wilson (1982–83)
- McCulloch (1983–84)
- Clark (1984–85)
- Craig (1985–87)
- Campbell (1987)
- Blackley (1987–88)
- Brownlie (1988–92)
- Harrow (1992–93)
- Reilly (1993–94)
- Dolan (1994–95)
- Steven (1995–97)
- Conn (1997)
- Levein (1997–2000)
- Cormack (2000)
- Kirk (2000–02)
- Wright (2002–04)
- Baikie (2004–05)
- Paatelainen (2005–06)
- Welsh (2006–08)
- Lennon (2008–10)
- Nicholl (2010–11)
- Cameron (2011–13)
- Nicholl (2013–15)
- Nish (2015–16)
- Fox (2016–17)
- Locke (2017)
- Brown (2017)
- Bollan (2017–21)
- Ross (2021–)
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