Harry Curtis (football manager)

Harry Curtis
Curtis pictured in 1926.
Personal information
Full name Henry Charles Curtis[1]
Date of birth 22 January 1890
Place of birth Holloway, England
Date of death 30 January 1966(1966-01-30) (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Southend-on-Sea, England[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Romford
Walthamstow Grange
Managerial career
Gnome Athletic
1923–1926 Gillingham
1926–1949 Brentford
1950–1952 Tonbridge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Charles Curtis (22 January 1890 – 30 January 1966) was an English footballer, referee and manager, best-remembered for his 23 years as manager of Brentford. He is Brentford's longest-serving and most successful manager to date. In a 2013 Football League 125th anniversary poll, Curtis was voted Brentford's greatest-ever manager.[2] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.

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  2. ^ "Brentford". Football League 125. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.