- Errol Crossan
Football player infobox
playername = Errol Crossan
fullname = Errol Gilmour Crossan
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1930|10|06
cityofbirth =Montreal
countryofbirth =Canada
height =
position = Winger
youthyears = 1949
youthclubs = Marpole Athletic Club
clubnumber =
years = ?-1954
1954-1955
1955-?
?-1958
1958-1961
1961-?
clubs = New Westminster RoyalsManchester City Gillingham F.C.
Southend United
Norwich CityToronto City
Career
caps(goals) =
76 (16)
40 (11)
116 (32)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) =Errol Gilmour Crossan (born on
October 6 ,1930 inMontreal, Quebec ,Canada ) is a former Canadian soccer player, who played in the EnglishFootball League .Biography
When Crossan was eight his family moved to the
Isle of Man and when they returned toCanada in 1949 he began playing with Ted Myles' Marpole Athletic Club in the first division of the Vancouver and District junior and juvenile soccer association. Later he graduated to the New Westminster Royals of thePacific Coast Soccer League and helped the club win the national championship in 1953. In November 1953, English Club Liverpool opened negotiations for his transfer but could not agree on terms and in January of 1954 he signed for Manchester City. One year later he was transferred to Gillingham where he played in 76 games and scored 16 goals.Crossan then moved on to Southend United where he played in 40 games and scored 11 goals. Norwich City signed him in September of 1958 for £6,000 and he used his devastating speed to join the ranks of a band of goalscoring wingers at
Carrow Road , appearing in 116 games and scoring 32 goals. "Cowboy", as he was known to his team mates, is now part of the club's folklore, once scoring in seven successive matches including theFA Cup wins in 1959 against Manchester United and Cardiff City, part of the club's legendary run to theFA Cup semi-finals as a third division team. The following season he helped Norwich win promotion to division two. In 2002 he was inducted into theNorwich City F.C. Hall of Fame . Finally, with London club Leyton Orient he played in eight games and scored two goals. During his career in England, Crossan appeared in 240 games for four different clubs and scored 61 goals.Crossan returned to
Canada in 1961 and signed forToronto City in the old Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League, before retiring from football. After he finished playing, he worked for 30 years as a supervisor forCanadian Forest Products .Honours
Individual
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Norwich City Hall of Fame: 2002Club
New Westminster Royals
*Canadian Challenge Cup : 1953Norwich City
*Football League Third Division:
**Runner-up: 1959-1960Sources
* [http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/OSN.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf85256b0b005d4116/0fdb50548c4022d885256b0c00731b74?OpenDocument Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee page]
*"Canary Citizens" by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
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