Trevor Hitchen
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Trevor Hitchen | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Sowerby Bridge, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Halifax Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1946 | Notts County | ||
1946–1949 | Wellington Town | ||
1949–1956 | Southport | 242 | (34) |
1956–1957 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Wigan Athletic | 37 | (7) |
1958–1959 | Southport | 5 | (0) |
Formby | |||
Managerial career | |||
1957–1958 | Wigan Athletic (player-manager) | ||
1958–1959 | Southport (player-manager) | ||
Formby (player-manager) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Trevor Hitchen (born 25 September 1926) is an English former footballer who played in The Football League for Southport and Oldham Athletic. He was also appointed as player-manager at Wigan Athletic, scoring seven goals in 37 Lancashire Combination games during the 1957–58 season.[1] He finished his career at Formby, where he later became chairman.[2] In September 2019, on his 93rd birthday, it was announced that he would be inducted into the Southport F.C. Hall of Fame.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
- ^ "Manager Details". 9 November 2016.
- ^ 2019 Inductee: Trevor Hitchen
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Categories:
- 1926 births
- Living people
- People from Sowerby Bridge
- Sportspeople from Calderdale
- Footballers from West Yorkshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Telford United F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Formby F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
- Southport F.C. managers
- English Football League managers
- English football midfielder, 1920s birth stubs