Dick Conner

Dick Conner
Personal information
Full name	Richard Conner
Date of birth	(1931-08-13) 13 August 1931
Place of birth	Jarrow, England
Playing position	Wing half
Youth career
	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1950–1951	Newcastle United	0	(0)
1951–1952	South Shields
1953–1959	Grimsby Town	186	(8)
1959–1961	Southampton	78	(2)
1961–1962	Tranmere Rovers	4	(0)
1962–1963	Aldershot	6	(0)
Total		274	(10)
Teams managed
1968	Aldershot
1970–1973	Rochdale
1973–1974	Darlington
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Richard "Dick" Conner (born 13 August 1931^[1]) is a former football player and manager. He played as wing half for Newcastle United, South Shields, Grimsby Town, Southampton, Tranmere Rovers and Aldershot.^[1] He went on to manage Aldershot as caretaker, Rochdale and Darlington.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
Aldershot		1968	1968
Rochdale		February 1970	May 1973	157	46	61	50	29.3
Darlington		July 1973	August 1974	46	13	20	13	28.3

↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Dick Conner". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database.

Aldershot F.C. – managers

Seed (1927–1937) McCracken (1937–1950) Clark (1950–1955) Evans (1955–1959) Smith (1959–1967) McAnearney (1967–1968) Conner (1968^c) Smith (1968–1969^c) Melia (1969–1972) Huxford (1972^c) McAnearney (1972–1981) Walker (1981–1984) Harris (1984–1985) Walker (1985–1991) Talbot (1991) McDonald (1991–1992^c) (c) caretaker

Hayes (1913–19)
Bradshaw (1920)
Wilson (1922–23)
Peart (1923–30)
Cameron (1930–31)
Hopkinson (1932–34)
Smith (1934–35)
Nixon (1935–37)
Jennings (1937–38)
Goodier (1938–52)
Warner (1952–53)
Catterick (1953–58)
Marshall (1958–60)
T. Collins (1960–67)
Stokoe (1967–68)
Richley (1968–70)
Conner (1970–73)
Joyce (1973–76)
Green (1976–77)
Ferguson (1977–78)
D. Collins (1979)
Stokoe (1979–80)
Madden (1980–83)
Greenhoff (1983–84)
Halom (1984–86)
Gray (1986–88)
Bergara (1988–89)
Dolan (1989–91)
Sutton (1991–94)
Docherty (1995–96)
Barrow (1996–99)
Hamilton (1999)
Parkin (1999–2001)
Hoyland (2001)
Hamilton (2001)
Hollins (2001–02)
Simpson (2002–03)
Buckley (2003)
Parkin (2003–06)
Hill (2006–11)
Eyre (2011)
Coleman (2012–13)
Hill (2013–)

Darlington F.C. – managers

McIntosh (1902–11^s) Lane (1911–12^s) Jackson (1912–19) English (1919–21^p) English (1921–28) Fairless (1928–33) Collins (1933–36) Brown (1936–38^p) J. Carr (1938–42) Surtees (1942) English (1945–46) Forrest (1946–50) Irwin (1950–52) Gurney (1952–57) Duckworth (1957–60) E. Carr (1960–64) Morgan (1964–66^p) Greenhalgh (1966–68) Yeoman (1968–70) Richley (1970–71) Brennan (1971–72) Hale (1972) Jones (1972) Brand (1972–73) Conner (1973–74) Horner (1974–75) Madden (1975–78) Walker (1978–79) Elliott (1979–83) Knowles (1983–87) Booth (1987–89) Little (1989–91) F. Gray (1991–92) Hankin (1992) McEwan (1992–93) Murray (1993–95) Futcher (1995) Hodgson and Platt (1995) Platt (1995–96) Hodgson (1996–2000) Bennett (2000–01) Taylor (2001–02) Tait (2002–03^c) Tait (2003) Hodgson (2003–06) M. Gray and Maddison (2006^c) Penney (2006–09) M. Gray (2009^c) Liddle and Maddison (2009^c) Todd (2009) Liddle (2009^c) Staunton (2009–10) Liddle and Maddison (2010^c) Davey (2010) Kidd (2010) Cooper (2010–11) Liddle (2011–12^p) M. Gray (2012–)

(c) caretaker; (p) player manager; (s) secretary