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English footballer

Dick Groves
Personal information
Date of birth 1909 or 1910
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bristol Rovers
Southampton
Plymouth Argyle
Torquay United
Managerial career
1951 Sligo Rovers
1953 ADO Den Haag
1954 North Shore
1960 Hakoah Sydney
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard G. Groves (born 1909/1910) was an English professional football player and manager. He was also active in cricket and rugby.

Playing career

Groves played an inside forward, for Bristol Rovers, Southampton, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United.

Coaching career

Groves coached Irish club Sligo Rovers in 1951, and Dutch team ADO Den Haag in 1953. Whilst in the Netherlands he worked with the Royal Dutch Football Association for two years.

Groves also worked on the ground staff for Somerset County Cricket Club.

He emigrated to Australia in 1954, working for the National Fitness Council in Toowoomba. In May 1954 he became coach of North Shore in Sydney.

He also coached the Toowoomba Clydesdales rugby league team. He became coach of Hakoah Sydney for the 1960 season.

References

  1. ^ "De nieuwe trainer ADO arriveert Zaterdag- ADO Den Haag Nieuws". www.adofans.nl.
  2. ^ "10 May 1954 - English Coach For North Shore Club - Trove". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 1954.
  3. ^ "Sligo Rovers History". homepage.eircom.net.
  4. "Professional Coaches ADO/FC/ADO Den Haag from 1928 up till now". ADOfanpage.nl. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. "ADO, Hsv (Amateurs)".
  6. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
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(c) = caretaker manager


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