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Wingrove Manners

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Wingrove Manners
Personal information
Full name Wingrove Austin Manners[1]
Date of birth (1955-03-07)7 March 1955
Place of birth Barbados
Date of death 22 April 2014(2014-04-22) (aged 59)
Place of death Leeds, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Bradford City 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wingrove Austin Manners (7 March 1955 – 22 April 2014)[1] was a Barbadian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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Manners joined Bradford City as an apprentice, moving to the first-team in January 1972.[2] He made 1 league appearance for the club.[3][4] He was released by the club in February 1973.[2]

He later became a racketlon player, winning the Over-45s World Racketlon Tour Scottish Open title in October 2008.[5]

Sources

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  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wingrove Manners". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Frost, p. 402
  3. ^ Frost, p. 385
  4. ^ "BRADFORD CITY : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Manners duo keep it in the family". Telegraph & Argus. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2019.