Ron Dellow
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald William Dellow | ||
Date of birth | 13 July 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Crosby,England | ||
Date of death | 7 November 2013 | (aged 99)||
Place of death | Almelo,Netherlands | ||
Height | 5 ft8+1⁄2in (1.74 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1934 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
1934–1935 | Mansfield Town | 24 | (10) |
1935–1936 | Manchester City | 10 | (4) |
1936–1939 | Tranmere Rovers | 105 | (29) |
1939–1947 | Carlisle United | 16 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
Hermes DVS | |||
1952–1953 | HBS Craeyenhout | ||
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | |||
1956–1958 | HVV Helmond | ||
1958–1959 | Holland Sport | ||
1960–1961 | HBS Craeyenhout | ||
1964–1969 | FC Volendam | ||
1969–1970 | GVAV | ||
1972–1974 | Heracles Almelo | ||
1975–1977 | Helmond Sport | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ron Dellow(13 July 1914 – 7 November 2013) was an Englishfootballerandcoach.As a player, he was a right-winger who began his professional career atBlackburn Rovers,and later played forMansfield Town,Manchester CityandTranmere Roversin the years beforeWorld War II.In August 1939, he joinedCarlisle United,but because of the war, he had to wait seven years before making his debut for the club in an officialleaguegame. He played one post-war season for Carlisle.
During theSecond World War,Dellow served in theRAF.In 1948, Dellow moved to the Netherlands. He coachedHVV Helmond,[2]Holland Sport,[3][4]FC Volendambetween 1964 and 1969, and guided the club to promotion to theEredivisiein 1967. He also coachedGVAV,[5]Heracles Almelo[6]andHelmond Sport[7]in the 1970s.
After retiring from football, Dellow spent his retirement years inAlmelo.He died on 7 November 2013, aged 99.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Tranmere sign nine amateurs".Sunday Dispatch Football Guide.London. 23 August 1936. p. xvi – via Newspapers.
- ^"Historische Kranten - actualiteiten uit het verleden".Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2013.Retrieved6 January2013.
- ^"Historische Kranten - actualiteiten uit het verleden".Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2013.Retrieved6 January2013.
- ^http:// dehaagsevoetbalhistorie.nl/?pid=15&news[nid]=287
- ^"GVAV Stats - Alle GVAV statistieken tot 1971".
- ^Voetbalgrootheid in Almelo(Dutch)
- ^An Englishman in Helmond(Dutch)
- ^Heracles icoon Ron Dellow overleden(in Dutch)
- 1914 births
- 2013 deaths
- English men's footballers
- English football managers
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Hermes DVS managers
- FC Volendam managers
- Heracles Almelo managers
- Helmond Sport managers
- HBS Craeyenhout football managers
- Blauw-Wit Amsterdam players
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- SVV Scheveningen managers
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Crosby, Merseyside
- Footballers from Merseyside
- English Football League players