Terry Darracott (6 October 1950 – 22 March 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back for Everton and Wrexham in the Football League and for the Tulsa Roughnecks in the North American Soccer League.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1950-12-06)6 December 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Edge Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||
Date of death | 22 March 2022(2022-03-22) (aged 71) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Everton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1979 | Everton | 148 | (0) |
1979 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 29 | (1) |
1979–1980 | Wrexham | 22 | (0) |
Total | 199 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
On retiring as a player he held coaching positions at Everton, Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers, and was employed as a European scout for Bolton Wanderers.[2][3]
In October 2008, Darracott joined Wrexham as assistant to manager Dean Saunders, with whom he had worked at Blackburn.[2] Restricted mobility due to a hip problem forced him to leave Wrexham a year later, and he returned to scouting for Bolton.[4]
He provided opposition analysis as part of Hull City's scouting team.
Darracott died on 22 March 2022, at the age of 71.[5][6][7]
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