Tony Collins (footballer)

Tony Collins
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Norman Collins
Date of birth	(1926-03-19) 19 March 1926
Place of birth	Kensington, London, England
Playing position	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Acton United
1947–1949	Sheffield Wednesday	0	(0)
1949–1950	York City	10	(1)
1950–1953	Watford	90	(8)
1953–1955	Norwich City	29	(2)
1955–1957	Torquay United	89	(17)
1957	Watford	17	(1)
1957–1959	Crystal Palace	55	(14)
1959–1961	Rochdale	47	(5)
Teams managed
1960–1967	Rochdale A.F.C.
1980	Bristol City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Tony Collins was the first black manager in the English Football League, taking charge at Rochdale A.F.C. from June 1960 until September 1967.^[1] He led Rochdale to their only League Cup final in 1962. He was also Crystal Palace's first black player. He then became assistant manager to Alan Dicks at Bristol City from 1967-1980. He was briefly Bristol City manager in 1980.

Management record

Club	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Rochdale	1 June 1960	30 September 1967	355	129	82	144	36.34

References

Jones, Trefor (1996). Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 59. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
Tony Collins managerial statistics at Soccerbase
Tony Collins playing stats at Newcastlefans.com
Tony Collins Profile
Interview with Norman Hunter

↑ "Racism in Sport: When respect is the goal". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-10-29.

Rochdale A.F.C. – managers

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–)

Bristol City F.C. – managers

Hollis (1897–99)
Campbell (1899–1901)
Hollis (1901–05)
Thickett (1905–10)
Bacon (1910–11)
Hollis (1911–13)
Hedley (1913–15)
Hamilton (1915–19)
Palmer (1919–21)
Raisbeck (1921–29)
Bradshaw (1929–32)
Hewison (1932–49)
Wright (1949–50)
Beasley (1950–58)
Doherty (1958–60)
Ford (1960–67)
Dicks (1967–80)
Houghton (1980–82)
Hodgson (1982)
Cooper (1982–88)
Jordan (1988–90)
Lumsden (1990–92)
Smith (1992–93)
Osman (1993–94)
Jordan (1994–97)
Sweeney (1997)
Ward (1997–98)
Lennartsson (1998–99)
Pulis (1999–2000)
Fawthrop & Burnside (2000)
Rosenior (2000)
Wilson (2000–04)
Tinnion (2004–05)
Millen (2005)
G. Johnson (2005–10)
Millen (2010)
Coppell (2010)
Millen (2010–11)
McInnes (2011–13)
O'Driscoll (2013)
Cotterill (2013–16)
Pemberton (2016)
L. Johnson (2016–)

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