Bill Harvey (footballer, born 1920)

Bill Harvey

Personal information
Date of birth	1920
Place of birth	Grimsby, England
Date of death	3 February 2002 (aged 81–82)
Youth career
	Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1946	Grimsby Town	1	(0)
	Bourne Town	0	(0)
Managerial career
1962–1964	Luton Town
1968–1969	Grimsby Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Harvey (1920 – 3 February 2002^[1]) was an English footballer, more notable as a manager than as a player, who managed Luton Town and Grimsby Town.

Career

Harvey signed for his home town club Grimsby Town as a player before World War II, playing just once for the first team versus Sunderland (FA Cup Round 3 second leg, 9 January 1946) at outside right. After the end of hostilities, he decided to concentrate on coaching. His first managing appointment came in 1962, when he was made manager of Bedfordshire outfit Luton Town. In his first season Luton were relegated from Division Two, and Harvey resigned in November 1964. He returned to coaching, working at Swindon Town and Bristol City. Harvey returned to Grimsby in 1968, but with Harvey in charge the team were first relegated and then finished in the re-election spots of Division Four. Grimsby were re-elected to the Football League but Harvey resigned after a year in charge, and never managed again.^[2][3]

He was also a coach and caretaker manager at Peterborough United.^[4]

References

1. "Sixty Years A Soccer Stalwart, Bill Harvey Dies At 81". Peterborough United F.C. Official Website. 4 February 2002. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
2. Richard Bright (6 February 2002). "Akinbiyi set for Palace debut". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 August 2007.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Former Town Manager Dies". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 February 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
4. "POSH: Bill set Seaman on his way to stardom". Peterborough Today. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

External links

• Bill Harvey management career statistics at Soccerbase. Note that Soccerbase has conflated his record with that of another Bill Harvey.