Cyril Knowles

Cyril Knowles
Personal information
Full name Cyril Barry Knowles
Date of birth (1944-07-13)13 July 1944
Place of birth Fitzwilliam, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 30 August 1991(1991-08-30) (aged 47)
Place of death Middlesbrough, England
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Hemsworth F.C.
Monckton Colliery Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Middlesbrough 39 (1)
1964–1976 Tottenham Hotspur 402 (15)
Total 441 (16)
International career
1967–1968 England 4 (0)
Managerial career
1983–1987 Darlington
1987–1989 Torquay United
1989–1991 Hartlepool United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Barry Knowles (13 July 1944 – 30 August 1991) was a footballer who played left-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the son of the rugby league footballer Cyril Knowles,[1] and the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Knowles.[2]

  1. ^ "Sibling Rivalry, part 5: The Knowles brothers – God's footballers". boxtoboxfootball.uk. 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ Peter Knowles History – football-England.com