Ray Byrom

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Ray Byrom
Personnel
Surname Raymond Byrom
birthday January 2, 1935
place of birth Blackburn ,  England
date of death January 6, 2020
Place of death Accrington ,  England
position Left winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Blackburn Rovers
1954-1958 Accrington Stanley 9 0(1)
1958–1962 Bradford Park Avenue 70 (14)
1 Only league games are given.

Raymond "Ray" Byrom (born January 2, 1935 in Blackburn , † January 6, 2020 in Accrington ) was an English football player .

Career

Byrom, part of a sprawling north-west English footballer family, played as an amateur in the reserve area of ​​the Blackburn Rovers before coming to Accrington Stanley in the Third Division North for the 1954/55 season . With the end of his military service in January 1956, he rose to professional. He made his competitive debut under coach Walter Galbraith on Boxing Day 1957, when he contributed a goal to the 2-0 victory over Crewe Alexandra . A few days later, the left winger also offered a "brilliant performance" in the third round match in the FA Cup against Bristol City and scored a goal, the team ultimately failed in the replay. As a result, injuries and loss of form limited him to a few missions, by the end of 1958 he had played a total of eleven competitive games for Accrington.

Shortly after Galbraith was appointed head coach of league rivals Bradford Park Avenue - Galbraith had left Accrington in August 1958 due to budget cuts - Byrom was brought to Bradford together with his teammate Wattie Dick , the transfer fee for both players totaled £ 2,750. Byrom also made his debut for Bradford on Boxing Day, in the following year and a half he missed only one game, in the 1959/60 season he played all 46 league and three cup games for the club. His achievements also attracted interest from higher-class clubs, in early 1960 Bradford Park Avenue turned down an offer from second division Derby County of £ 8,000. Byrom's career ended abruptly on the 2nd match day of the 1960/61 season against Chester FC when he broke his left leg twice in a duel in the 2nd minute of the game. According to his own statements, he had to wear a cast for three years and was unable to work.

After retiring, he first worked for engine supply companies, founded in 1972 and, together with his wife - the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 2017 - Rays Garage Supplies in Accrington, a supply store for auto repair shops that three of his children continued to run after his retirement. His son Alan also played as an amateur for Accrington Stanley, his son Joel Byrom made it to professional footballer. Byrom , who last lived in Oswaldtwistle, was active in bowls and golf . Byrom died shortly after his 85th birthday, leaving behind his wife and five children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ray Byrom in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ cottontown.org: A CENTURY OF A FOOTBALLING FAMILY , accessed January 13, 2020
  3. ^ A b Mike Jackman & Garth Dykes: Accrington Stanley: A Complete Record, 1894-1962 . Breedon Books, Derby 1991, ISBN 978-0-907969-89-1 , pp. 121 .
  4. ^ A b Terry Frost: Bradford Park Avenue Who's Who: The Football League Years 1908 to 1970 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2013, ISBN 978-1-905891-63-4 , pp. 33 f .
  5. ↑ SOCCER CHATTER . In: The People , January 10, 1960, p. 21.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ Dazzlers . In: Daily Mirror , 23 August 1960, p. 16.  (link subject to charge)
  7. ↑ a b lancs.live: Sports stars Raymond and Agnes Byrom to celebrate Diamond Wedding (April 21, 2017) , accessed on January 13, 2020
  8. ↑ thelancasterandmorecambecitizen.co.uk: Ex-Accrington Stanley player and founder of garage supplies firm Ray Byrom dies (January 10, 2020) , accessed January 13, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Byrom, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Byrom, Raymond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackburn
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2020
Place of death Accrington