George Curtis (footballer, born 1939)

For other people of the same name, see George Curtis.

George Curtis
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-05-05) 5 May 1939
Place of birth	Dover, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Snowdown Colliery Welfare
1955–1969	Coventry City	487	(11)
1969–1972	Aston Villa	51	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

George Curtis (born 5 May 1939) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Coventry City and Aston Villa.^[1]

Playing career

Curtis was born in Dover, Kent, and started his career with the nearby Snowdown Colliery Welfare before signing for Coventry City in October 1955.^[1] As club captain, the centre-half led the Sky Blues from the Fourth Division to the First. He left in December 1969, having played a then club record 487 league games, a record now held by Steve Ogrizovic,^[2] and scoring 11 goals.

His next club was Aston Villa whom Curtis helped to win the Third Division title in the 1971–72 season.

Management career

After retirement as a player, Curtis became Commercial Manager at Coventry City in July 1974 and then Managing Director in September 1983. He managed the club between April 1986 and May 1987. He and John Sillett led Coventry to victory in the 1987 FA Cup Final.^[2]^[3] That remains the club's only major trophy in its 125-year history.

Honours

Coventry City Hall of Fame^[4]

References

1 2 "George Curtis". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
1 2 "Hall of Fame". Coventry City F.C. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
↑ "Club History". Coventry City F.C. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
↑ "Coventry City | Club | History | History | Hall of Fame". 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-22.

External links

Coventry stats and photo at Sporting Heroes
League stats at Neil Brown's site

Coventry City F.C. – managers

Stanley^s (1883–85)
Hathaway^s (1885–87)
Morgan^s (1887–92)
Kirk^s (1893)
Maley^s (1893)
Collins^s (1893–95)
Cashmore^s (1895–1900)
Newhall^s (1900–02)
O'Shea^s (1902–05)
Beaman^s (1905–08)
Harris^s (1908–09)
Buckle (1909–10)
Wallace (1910–13)
Scott-Walford (1913–15)
Howard^c (1915–17)
Clayton (1919)
Pollitt (1919–20)
Evans (1920–24)
Harbourne^c (1924)
Kerr (1924–28)
McIntyre (1928–31)
Slade^c (1931)
Storer (1931–45)
Bayliss (1945–47)
Frith (1947–48)
Storer (1948–53)
Fairbrother (1953–54)
Elliott^c (1954–55)
Carver (1955–56)
Raynor (1956)
Warren (1956–57)
Frith (1957–61)
Hill (1961–67)
Cantwell (1967–72)
Dennison^c (1972)
Mercer (1972–74)
Milne (1974–81)
Sexton (1981–83)
Gould (1983–84)
Mackay (1984–86)
Curtis (1986–87)
Sillett (1987–90)
Butcher (1990–92)
Howe^c (1992)
Gould (1992–93)
Neal (1993–95)
Atkinson (1995–96)
Strachan (1996–2001)
Nilsson (2001–02)
Ogrizovic & Peake^c (2002)
McAllister (2002–03)
Black (2003–04)
Ogrizovic^c (2004)
Reid (2004–05)
Heath^c (2005)
Adams (2005–07)
Heath^c (2007)
Dowie (2007–08)
Harbin & Bunn^c (2008)
Coleman (2008–10)
Harrison^c (2010)
Boothroyd (2010–11)
Harrison & Thorn^c (2011)
Thorn (2011–12)
Shaw & Carsley^c (2012)
Robins (2012–13)
Carsley^c (2013)
Pressley (2013–15)
MacFarlane & Hockaday^c (2015)
Mowbray (2015–)

Coventry City F.C. – Hall of Fame

Players	Bennett Borrows Bourton Carr Coop Dougall Dublin Farmer Ferguson Gibson Glazier Herbert Hudson Hunt Hutchison Kearns Jones Lauderdale Lowrie Machin Mason Matthews Ogrizovic Peake Rees Regis Shaw Thomas Wallace Wood

Managers	Curtis

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