Ken Foggo

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Ken Foggo
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Taylor Foggo [1]
Date of birth (1943-11-07) 7 November 1943 (age 80)
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Peebles YMCA
1959–1960 West Bromwich Albion (amateur)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1960–1967 West Bromwich Albion 129 (29)
1967–1973 Norwich City 185 (54)
1973–1975 Portsmouth 60 (3)
1975–1976 Southend United 30 (6)
1976–1980 Chelmsford City ? (?)
International career
Scotland Schoolboys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Taylor Foggo (born 7 November 1943 in Perth, Scotland) is a former football player.

He started his football career with West Bromwich Albion but is best remembered for his time with Norwich City, for which he played from 1967 to 1972. While playing for Norwich as a winger, he won the Player of the Year award twice and was the team's top scorer in three successive years. He was a member of the Norwich team that won the Second Division championship in 1972 and promotion to the top division for the first time in the club's history.

After leaving Norwich in 1972 he played for Portsmouth and Southend United.

Honours

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References

  1. "Ken Foggo". Barry Hugman's Footballers.