Brian Yeo

Brian Yeo

Personal information
Full name	Brian George Yeo
Date of birth	(1944-04-12) 12 April 1944
Place of birth	Worthing, England
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1959–1961	Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1963	Portsmouth	0	(0)
1963–1975	Gillingham	356	(136)
Managerial career
1975–1978	Folkestone
1979–1984	Canterbury City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian George Yeo (born Worthing, 12 April 1944) is a former English football striker. He spent almost his entire career playing for Gillingham, for whom he holds the all-time record for the most goals scored in the Football League.

Career

Yeo came through the junior ranks at Portsmouth but never made a first-team appearance before Freddie Cox signed him for Gillingham in 1963. He scored on his debut for the club and went on to become only the second player ever to score 100 Football League goals for the Kent club, finishing his career with 136 league goals and 149 in all competitions, both club records which stand to this day. In the 1973–74 season he also equalled Ernie Morgan's club record of 31 goals in a season.

In 1975 Yeo retired from professional football to concentrate on running a newsagent's in the town, but also had spells managing Folkestone and Canterbury City, the latter role, his last involvement in football, finishing in 1984.