Terry Bly

Terry Bly
Personal information
Full name Terence Geoffrey Bly
Date of birth (1935-10-22)22 October 1935
Place of birth Fincham, England
Date of death 24 September 2009(2009-09-24) (aged 73)
Place of death Grantham, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bury Town ? (?)
1956–1960 Norwich City 57 (31)
1960–1962 Peterborough United 88 (81)
1962–1963 Coventry City 42 (30)
1963–1964 Notts County 29 (4)
1964–1970 Grantham 199 (125)
Total 405 (266)
Managerial career
1964–1978 Grantham
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Norwich City F.C. in 1959 with – from left, standing: Roy McCrohan, Ralph Hunt, Ken Nethercott, Barry Butler, Ron Ashman, Matt Crowe; crouched from left: Errol Crossan, Terry Allcock, Terry Bly, Jimmy Hill and Bobby Brennan.

Terence Geoffrey Bly (22 October 1935 – 24 September 2009) was an English football striker.

Career

He was renowned for his goalscoring prowess, most notably for Norwich City and Peterborough United, scoring a record 54 goals in the latter's inaugural Football League season of 1960–61.[1] He then played for Coventry City and Notts County before joining Grantham in October 1964.[2]

Coaching career

Although he retired from playing in April 1970, he continued to manage Grantham Town until 1978.

Death

Bly died on 24 September 2009, as a result of a heart attack.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers 1889-2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  2. ^ The official centenary history of the Southern League. Paper Plane Publishing Ltd. 1993. p. 145. ISBN 1871872081.
  3. ^ Michael Bailey, Norwich City legend Terry Bly dies Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved on 25 September 2009.


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