Bryan King (footballer, born 1947)

Bryan King

Personal information
Full name	Michael Bryan King
Date of birth	(1947-04-18) 18 April 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Bishop's Stortford, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1967	Chelmsford City	136	(2)
1967–1975	Millwall	380	(0)
1975–1976	Coventry City	31	(0)
Total		547	(2)
Managerial career
1978–1980	Jerv
1980–1982	Harstad
1982–1985	Tynset
1985–1988	Kongsberg
1988–1991	Falkenberg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bryan King (born 18 April 1947)^[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelmsford City, Millwall and Coventry City. After his playing career, he worked as a manager for Jerv, Harstad, Tynset and Kongsberg in Norway, and Falkenberg in Sweden.^[2] He later worked as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Everton. He now lives in Kongsberg, Norway.

King worked as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur between 2002 and 2008 and was a scout for Aston Villa before that. On 6 January 2017, he left Everton as Scandinavian scout, after working there since 2008.^[3]

Playing career

King was once called up to the England squad. He was a non-playing substitute for England in their match against Portugal on 3 April 1974.

References

1. Millwall FC Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Moen, Teddy (31 March 2021). "Engelsk veteran i norsk fotball". Fotballtreneren (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
3. Kirkbride, Phil (6 January 2017). "Everton's Scandinavian scout leaves club". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 September 2021.