Cecil Poynton

Cecil Poynton
Personal information
Full name Cecil Poynton
Date of birth (1901-08-10)10 August 1901
Place of birth Brownhills, England
Date of death 12 January 1983(1983-01-12) (aged 81)
Place of death Tottenham, England
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1932 Tottenham Hotspur 152 (3)
1934–? Ramsgate ? (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Cecil Poynton (10 August 1901 in Brownhills – 12 January 1983 in Tottenham) was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Ramsgate.[1]

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 .[2] He became the first Tottenham player to be sent off in a match against Stoke City [3] before taking up the position of player coach of the reserve side in 1933–34. Poynton had two spells at Ramsgate as player manager.[4] 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

  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 211. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  2. Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 3 December 2012 Archived 3 June 2009 at WebCite
  3. Cecil Poynton fact file Retrieved 18 February 2009
  4. Ramsgate F.C. history Retrieved 18 February 2009

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