Teddy Duckworth

Teddy Duckworth

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Crook Duckworth
Date of birth	1882
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Date of death	Unknown
Playing position	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1902	Blackpool	10	(3)
1903–1904	West Ham United	?	(?)
1903–1904	Blackburn Rovers	1	(0)
1905	Blackpool	24	(2)
Total		?	(?)
Teams managed
1919–1929	Servette
1924	Switzerland
1928	Switzerland
1930	Servette
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Thomas Crook "Teddy" Duckworth (1882 – unknown) was an English professional football player and manager. As a player, he was an outside right. He played in the Football League and the Southern League for Blackpool, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.

Career

Playing career

Born in Blackpool, Duckworth began his career with his hometown club in 1902. He made ten League appearances during the 1902–03 campaign, scoring three goals. He spent the 1903–04 season with West Ham, firstly, then Blackburn Rovers, back in his native Lancashire. After making just one League appearance for Rovers, he returned for a second spell with Blackpool late in the 1904–05 season, but did not make any appearances. The following term, however, he made 24 League appearances and scored two goals, before bringing his short career to a close.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, and after serving in World War I, Duckworth coached Swiss team Servette between 1919 and 1929, and again briefly in 1930.^[1]

He also coached the Swiss national team at the Summer Olympics in 1924 (earning a silver medal)^[2] and 1928.

References

General

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.

Specific

1. http://www.super-servette.ch/Doku/trainer_liste.pdf
2. "The 10 Most Influential Englishmen in Central European Football". Les Rosbifs. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.