Tom Tranter

Tom Tranter
Personal information
Full nameThomas G. Tranter[1]
Date of birth1940
Place of birthShropshire, England
Date of death2005
Place of deathBritish Virgin Islands
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970Hayes1(0)
Teams managed
1973–1979England women
1979Keflavík
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thomas G. "Tom" Tranter (1940–2005) was an English academic, footballer and football coach. He was head coach of the England women's national football team for six years during the 1970s.[2]

Tranter worked as a coach with Hayes and played for the first team.[3] While coaching at amateur club Southall, Tranter motivated a young Gordon Hill who returned to the professional ranks with Millwall and went on to play for Manchester United and England.[4]

Tranter also coached at Woking, Slough Town and Brentford, as well as being sent on various foreign assignments in his capacity as a Football Association (FA) staff coach.[5] In 1979 he went to Iceland to coach Keflavík.[6]

In his academic career Tranter worked at Brunel University for 34 years and was made an honorary fellow in 2003, after retiring in July 2002.[7]

References

  1. "england & wales births 1837-2006 search results". FindMyPast.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. Sandra and Rachel Tranter (10 October 2005). "Tom Tranter". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. "A-Z of Hayes FC: Tiernan - Tzen". Hayes and Yeading United FC. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. Hill, Gordon. "The Gordon Hill column: A bird's eye view of becoming a top player". Total Football Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  5. "Tom Trantor 1940 - 2005". Brunel News (81) (Brunel University). October 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. "Knattspyrnuþjálfarafélag Íslands" (in Icelandic). Frettablad. 1979. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  7. "Honorary Fellows 2003". Brunel University. Retrieved 30 September 2011.