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Con Moulson Personal information Full name Cornelius Moulson Date of birth 3 September 1906 Place of birth Clogheen, Republic of Ireland Date of death 27 October 1989 (aged 83) Place of death Lincoln, England Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Center-Back Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1932-1936 Lincoln City 93 (2) 1936-1939 Notts County 31 (0) 1939-1943 Lincoln City 97 (0) National team 1936-1938 Republic of Ireland 5 (0) Teams managed 1965 Lincoln City * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Cornelius "Con" Moulson (September 3, 1906 - October 27, 1989) was an Irish footballer and (very briefly) manager. Most of his playing career was spent in his native Ireland, but he did have a spell in the English leagues, most notably for Lincoln City between 1932 and 1936, and then again from 1939 to 1943, with a spell at Notts County in between his two spells at Lincoln.[1] He also won five call-ups for his country.[2]
His playing career ended in 1943 and he subsequently took up work in a factory in Lincoln, where he continued working after the war ended, along with taking up a part-time role as Lincoln City's kit man. When long-serving manager Bill Anderson retired in 1965, Moulson was the shock choice to be the club's new manager, despite not having had any day-to-day involvement in football for almost three decades. After only eight matches, which saw an unconventional 3-3-4 formation being deployed and 21 goals conceded, Moulson was relieved of his duties. Every single one of the eight matches which Moulson was in charge for ended in defeat, giving him arguably the worst record of any permanent manager in the entire history of the league.[3]
After his turn as manager, Moulson reverted to his role as kit man and resumed work at the factory where he had been previously working.
References
- ^ Lincoln City: Profile
- ^ Football Association of Ireland: Republic of Ireland Senior Internationals
- ^ Backpass magazine; April 2008, p21
External links
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Categories:- 1906 births
- 1989 deaths
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland international footballers
- Republic of Ireland football managers
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. managers
- Irish sport stubs
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