Tommy Cavanagh

Football player infobox
playername = Tommy Cavanagh


fullname = Thomas Henry Cavanagh
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1928|6|29
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|3|14|1928|6|29
position = Inside-forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1948-1950
1950-1952
1952-1956
1956-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
clubs = Preston North End
Stockport County
Huddersfield Town
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol City
Carlisle United
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
032 0(2)
093 (29)
119 (16)
024 0(6)
033 0(4)
manageryears = 1965-1966
1983-1983
1985-1986
managerclubs = Brentford
Rosenborg
Burnley

Thomas Henry "Tommy" Cavanagh (29 June 1928 - 14 March 2007) was an English footballer and coach. As a player, he was an inside-forward at six professional clubs, most notably Huddersfield Town and Doncaster Rovers.

After retiring as a player, Cavanagh coached and later managed Brentford. He coached at Nottingham Forest from 1966 until 1972. He then linked up with his former Preston teammate Tommy Docherty as assistant manager at Manchester United. Cavanagh stayed at United when Docherty was sacked in 1977, but left the club following Ron Atkinson's appointment in 1981.

He later had coaching spells at Newcastle United, and Rosenborg in Norway. In 1985, he became Martin Buchan's assistant at Burnley, and took over as manager when Buchan was sacked later that year.

After leaving Burnley in 1986, he worked at the FA School of Excellence at Lilleshall until his retirement. In 2002, Cavanagh was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and died in March 2007, aged 78.

External links

* [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1002/1002114_doc_in_salute_to_cavanagh.html Manchester Evening News Obituary]