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William Pitt Cassidy (4 October 1940 – 9 March 1995) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He made 174 English Football League appearances playing for Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United.[1] He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical,[3] and spent the 1968 North American Soccer League season with the Detroit Cougars.[2] He also played junior football for Burnbank Swifts and Coltness United and English non-league football for Chelmsford City, Kettering Town and Ramsgate Athletic.[3][4] He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers[5] and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.[6]

Bill Cassidy

Personal information
Full name	William Pitt Cassidy[1]
Date of birth	(1940-10-04)4 October 1940[1]
Place of birth	Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death	9 March 1995(1995-03-09) (aged 54)[2]
Place of death	Oxford, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Left half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
195?–1958	Burnbank Swifts
1958	Hamilton Academical	1	(0)
1958	Coltness United
1958–1961	Rangers	0	(0)
1961–1962	Rotherham United	25	(1)
1962–1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	118	(25)
1967–1968	Chelmsford City
1968	Detroit Cougars	20	(3)
1968–1971	Cambridge United[lower-alpha 1]	31	(6)
1971–1972	Kettering Town
1972–197?	Ramsgate Athletic
1975–1977	Brora Rangers
Teams managed
1977–1979	Ross County
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.[1]

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