Roy McCrohan

Roy McCrohan

Personal information
Full name	Roy McCrohan
Date of birth	(1930-09-22)22 September 1930
Place of birth	Reading, Berkshire, England
Date of death
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1951	Reading	4	(1)
1951–1962	Norwich City	385	(20)
1962–1964	Colchester United	75	(5)
1964–1965	Bristol Rovers	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:05, 16 May 2011

Roy McCrohan (22 September 1930 – 3 March 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.

Career

Born in Reading, Berkshire, McCrohan spent the majority of his career with Norwich City before playing for Colchester United and Bristol Rovers. He was a member of the Norwich sides which reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1959 as a third division team, won promotion to division two in 1960 and won the League Cup in 1962. He later coached at Bristol Rovers, Aldershot, Fulham and Ipswich Town, both the latter two with Bobby Robson, and was assistant manager at Luton Town before moving to live in the United States. He was an assistant coach for the Detroit Express for the 1978 NASL season. He was named head coach of the Minnesota Kicks on December 14, 1978. He coached the team for the 1979 NASL season and first nine games of the 1980 NASL season.

Death

McCrohan died on 3 March 2015 in the West Country after a long illness.

Honours

Club

Norwich City

• Football League Cup Winner (1): 1961–62
• Football League Third Division Runner-up (1): 1959–60

References

• Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7