Terry Eccles

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Terry Eccles
Personal information
Full name Terence Stuart Eccles
Date of birth (1952-03-02) 2 March 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height6 ft 0+12 in (1.84 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1973 Blackburn Rovers 46 (6)
1973–1976 Mansfield Town 118 (47)
1976–1978 Huddersfield Town 46 (6)
1978–1979 Ethnikos Piraeus 29 (3)
1979–1981 York City 64 (18)
1981–1982 Scarborough 15 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Stuart Eccles (born 2 March 1952, in Leeds) is an English former footballer who played 274 games and scored 77 goals in the Football League playing as a striker for Blackburn Rovers, Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town and York City. [2] He also had a short stint with the Greek club Ethnikos Piraeus [3] and played in the Conference National for Scarborough. [2]

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References

  1. Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1976). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1976–77. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-362-00259-1.
  2. 1 2 "Terry Eccles". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (24 April 2003). "Greece 1978/79". RSSSF . Retrieved 30 September 2009.