Oscar Hold
English footballer and manager
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| Intro | English footballer and manager | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 19 October 1918, Sunderland | |
| Death | 11 October 2005Sunderland (aged 87 years) |
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Oscar Hold (19 October 1918 – 11 October 2005), former footballer and manager, was born in Carlton, near Leeds, England. Hold played for Everton F.C. and Norwich City F.C.. He became manager of Doncaster Rovers in 1962, taking over from Danny Malloy, and also managed Turkish champion Fenerbahçe SK on (1964–65), with whom he won the Turkish League title and Atatürk Cup titles. He later coached a club in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In the seasons 1973–74 and 1983–84, he managed Apollon Limassol. He died in a Sunderland nursing home of bladder cancer in 2005.