Tony Rodwell

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Tony Rodwell
Full name	Anthony Rodwell
Date of birth	August 26, 1962 (1962-08-26) (age 45)
Place of birth	Southport, England
Height	5 ft 11 in
Playing position	Right wing (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1994 1994-1995 1995	Blackpool Scarborough → Wigan (loan) Total	137 (17) 008 0(1) 005 0(1) 148 (19)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony "Tony" Rodwell (born August 26, 1962, in Southport, Merseyside) is a retired English professional footballer. His preferred position was on the right wing.

Prior to turning professional, Rodwell played for Southport, Buxton, Runcorn, and Colne Dynamoes. His most successful period came under the guidance of Billy Ayre at Blackpool, where, in May 1992, he won promotion to the new Division Two after a penalty shoot-out win over Scunthorpe in the Division Four play-off final at Wembley (after losing out to Torquay at the same venue twelve months earlier). He followed Ayre to Scarborough when the latter became manager at the McCain Stadium in 1994.

Rodwell scored a hat-trick in Blackpool's 5-2 win at Aldershot on November 5, 1991. This was later expunged from the records when, at the end of the season, Aldershot went bankrupt.

He finished his playing career with non-league Witton Albion.

In January 2003, Rodwell returned to his hometown of Southport to become an assistant to Mike Walsh (formerly a coach at Blackpool)^[1] and, later, PASE/Reserve team coach. In September 2004 he left the role as reserve-team manager to become the Press Association's statistical floor manager at Old Trafford while still coaching the PASE team during the week.^[2] He regularly provides stats on Manchester United, and when Southport are at home.

He is an uncle of Everton player Jack Rodwell.