Bill Nicholson (footballer)

Bill Nicholson
OBE
Bill Nicholson in 1961
Personal information
Full name William Edward Nicholson
Date of birth (1919-01-26)26 January 1919
Place of birth Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 23 October 2004(2004-10-23) (aged 85)
Place of death Hertfordshire, England
Position(s) Wing-half
Youth career
Young Liberals
Scarborough Working Men’s Club
1936–1938 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938 Northfleet United
1938–1955 Tottenham Hotspur 314 (6)
International career
1951 England 1 (1)
Managerial career
1958–1974 Tottenham Hotspur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Bill Brown, John Hollowbread and Danny Blanchflower in the team with Bill Nicholson as manager.

William Edward Nicholson OBE (26 January 1919 – 23 October 2004) was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who had a 55-year association with Tottenham Hotspur. He is considered one of the most important figures in the club's history, winning eight major trophies in his 16-year managerial spell, and most notably guiding the team to their Double-winning season of 1960–61.