Sammy Chung

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Personal information
Full name Cyril Chung
Date of birth 16 July 1932 (1932-07-16) (age 75)
Place of birth    Abingdon, England
Playing position Striker
Youth clubs
Headington United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1951
1951–1955
1955–1957
1957–1965		 Oxford United
Reading
Norwich City
Watford		 020 (11)
022 (12)
047 0(9)
220 (22)   
Teams managed
1976–1978
1992–1993
1994–1996		 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tamworth
Doncaster Rovers

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Cyril "Sammy" Chung (born 16 July 1932 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire) is an English former football player and manager. His father was Chinese and his mother English.

[edit] Playing career

Chung was a utility player who began his career as a part-time center forward with Headington United near Oxford, he later joined Reading but didn't sign professional forms until he had completed his national service. He later turned professional and converted to a wing half. He played for Reading, Norwich City and most notably Watford, where he made over 200 appearances between 1957 and 1965.

[edit] Managerial career

Chung gained some experience of coaching at Watford and was appointed by Bill McGarry as coach at Ipswich Town where they gained promotion to the First Division in 1968 before McGarry. Following a period of coaching in Sweden, he returned to join Bill McGarry at Wolverhampton Wanderers as his assistant. Following McGarry's departure, Chung was appointed manager of Wolves in 1976, a post he held for two years, and won promotion to the top flight in his first season.

Later he became assistant manager of Stoke City and was appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in 1994, a post he held for two years. In 1999 he was appointed director of football in Barbados.[citation needed]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. – Managers

Worrall (1877–85) • Addenbrooke (1885–1922) • Jobey (1922–24) • Hoskins (1924–26) • Scotchbrook (1926–27) • Buckley (1927–44) • Vizard (1944–48) • Cullis (1948–64) • Beattie (1964–65) • Allen (1965–68) • McGarry (1968–76) • Chung (1976–78) • Barnwell (1978–82) • Greaves (1982) • Hawkins (1982–84) • Docherty (1984–85) • McGarry (1985) • Chapman (1985–86) • Little (1986) • Turner (1986–94) • Taylor (1994–95) • McGhee (1995–98) • Lee (1998–2000) • Jones (2001–04) • Hoddle (2004–06) • McCarthy (2006–)
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Tamworth F.C. – Managers

Hennessey (1974–78) • Seedhouse (19??–86) • Smith (1986–91) • Bradbury (1991–92) • Chung (1992–93) • Wood (1993–94) • Green (1994–95) • Hendrie (1995–00) • Mills (2001–02) • Gee (2002–04) • Cooper (2004–07) • Mills (2007–)
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Doncaster Rovers F.C. – Managers

Porter (1920–21) • Tufnell (1921–22) • Porter (1922–23) • Ray (1923–27) • Menzies (1928–36) • Emery (1936–40) • Marsden (1944–46) • Bestall (1946–49) • Doherty (1949–58) • Bycroft (1958) • Hodgson (1958) • Crayston (1958–59) • Bestall (1959–60) • Curtis (1960–61) • Malloy (1961–62) • Hold (1962–64) • Leivers (1964–66) • Kettleborough (1966–67) • Raynor (1967–68) • McMenemy (1968–71) • Setters (1971–74) • Anderson (1975–78) • Bremner (1978–85) • Cusack (1985–87) • Mackay (1987–89) • Bremner (1989–91) • Beaglehole (1991–93) • I. Atkins (1993–94) • Chung (1994–96) • Dixon (1996–97) • Weaver (1997) • Cowling (1997) • Bergara (1997) • Weaver (1997–98) • Snodin (1998–00) • M. Atkins (2000) • Penney (2000) • Wignall (2000–01) • Penney (2001–06) • Walker (2006) • O'Driscoll (2006–)
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NAME Sammy Chung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 16 July 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH