Bill Cassidy (footballer, born 1940)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Pitt Cassidy | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 9 March 1995 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Oxford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Left half, inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 195?–1958 | Burnbank Swifts | ||
| 1958 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
| 1958 | Coltness United | ||
| 1958–1961 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1961–1962 | Rotherham United | 25 | (1) |
| 1962–1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 118 | (25) |
| 1967–1968 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1968 | Detroit Cougars | 20 | (3) |
| 1968–1971 | Cambridge United | 31 | (6) |
| 1971–1972 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1972–197? | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
| 1975–1977 | Brora Rangers | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1979 | Ross County | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.