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Cyril Bacon

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Cyril Bacon
Personal information
Full name Cyril William Bacon[1]
Date of birth (1919-11-09)9 November 1919[1]
Place of birth Hammersmith,[1] England
Date of death 26 March 2001(2001-03-26) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Broward County,[1] Florida, United States
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1946 Hayes
1946–1950 Leyton Orient 118 (3)
1950–1951 Brentford 0 (0)
1951–1952 Dartford
1952–1954 Tunbridge Wells Utd
1954–1956 Ashford Town 29 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril William Bacon (9 November 1919 – 26 March 2001) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Leyton Orient, making 118 appearances in the Football League.[2]

Bacon joined Orient in June 1946 and made his league debut against Southend United in the following September.[3] He made 121 league and cup appearances for Orient, scoring three goals, in four seasons before being released in May 1950[3] when he signed for Brentford

After a season with Brentford (where he didn't make a first team league appearance) he moved into non-league football: firstly for one season with Southern League club Dartford;[4] then onto two Kent League clubs, Tunbridge Wells Utd[5] again for two seasons, then Ashford Town[6] for just over one season.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Cyril Bacon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Cyril Bacon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0752424122.
  4. ^ "Unpleasant Incident". Kentish Express: 2. 24 August 1951.
  5. ^ "Hope Will Lead Wells Against Ashford". Kentish Express: 3. 25 September 1952.
  6. ^ "New Look Ashford Forwards Face Old City Rearguard: More Signing for Railmen". Kentish Express: 4. 20 August 1954.