Bill Cassidy
Scottish footballer with Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Detroit Cougars and others
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| Intro | Scottish footballer with Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Detroit Cougars and others | |
| Places | United Kingdom Scotland | |
| was | Sports official Association football manager Athlete Football player Association football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 4 October 1940, Hamilton, United Kingdom | |
| Death | 9 March 1995Oxford, United Kingdom (aged 54 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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William Pitt Cassidy (4 October 1940 – 9 March 1995) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He made 174 English Football League appearances playing for Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United. He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical, and spent the 1968 North American Soccer League season with the Detroit Cougars. He also played junior football for Burnbank Swifts and Coltness United and English non-league football for Chelmsford City, Kettering Town and Ramsgate Athletic. He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.
Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.