Sammy Chung

Sammy Chung
Personal information
Full name Cyril Chung[1]
Date of birth (1932-07-16)16 July 1932[1]
Place of birth Abingdon-on-Thames, England[1]
Date of death 28 August 2022(2022-08-28) (aged 90)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1949 Abingdon Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 Headington United
1953–1955 Reading 22 (12)
1955–1957 Norwich City 47 (9)
1957–1965 Watford 219 (22)
Total 288 (43)
Managerial career
1976–1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1992–1993 Tamworth
1994–1996 Doncaster Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Chung (16 July 1932 – 28 August 2022), better known as Sammy Chung, was an English football player and manager, one of the first Anglo-Chinese players in English football.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ENFA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
  3. ^ "Obituaries". World Soccer. December 2022. p. 13.