Charlie Timmins

Charlie Timmins
Charlie Timmins
Personal information
Full name Charles Timmins
Date of birth 29 May 1922(1922-05-29)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 13 April 2010(2010-04-13) (aged 87)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948-1959 Coventry City 161 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Charles "Charlie" Timmins (29 May 1922 – 13 April 2010) was an English former footballer.[1]

Born in Birmingham,[1] Timmins signed for Birmingham City before the Second World War. However, his registration papers were lost after heavy bombing in the Birmingham area.[citation needed] In the summer of 1948, Timmins signed for Coventry City.[1]

Timmins had given up hope of pursuing a career in top flight football and was playing for non-league Jack Moulds Athletic in Birmingham when Coventry manager Harry Storer turned up unannounced at the Timmins family home and persuaded him to sign for Coventry City. Timmins spent 11 years at Coventry, including three years as club captain. He played a total of 165 games (161 in the Football League[2]) and scored five goals before leaving the Sky Blues to join Leamington in 1959, aged 37.[1]

Charlie then spent the 1960-61 season coaching Evesham United before finally hanging up his boots aged 39.

Charlie had been battling prostate cancer and died peacefully with his family at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham during the early hours of Tuesday 13 April 2010.[3]

Trivia

  • During the 1955–56 season, Timmins was touted by press as the "best full back outside the top flight"[citation needed] and speculation grew that he would join team mate Reg Matthews in the England squad.[4]
  • Coventry turned down a substantial bid from Newcastle United for Timmins during his time at Highfield Road.
  • Timmins was a member of the Coventry City Former Players Association[1] and was a regular at the clubs official 'Legends' Days.

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