Tom Tranter
Personal information
Date of birth 1940
Place of birth Shropshire, England
Date of death 2005 (aged 64–65)
Place of death British Virgin Islands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970 Hayes 1 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1979 England women
1979 Keflavík
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas G. Tranter (1940–2005) was an English academic, and a football player and football coach. He was head coach of the England women's national team for six years during the 1970s.[1]

Tranter worked as a coach with Hayes and played for the first team.[2] While coaching at amateur club Southall, Tranter motivated a young Gordon Hill who returned to the professional ranks with Millwall and went on to play for Manchester United and England.[3]

Tranter also coached at Woking, Slough Town and Brentford, as well as being sent on various foreign assignments in his capacity as a Football Association staff coach, including coaching the England's Women Team between 1973 and 1979.[4] In 1979, he went to Iceland to coach Keflavík.[5]

In his academic career Tranter worked at Brunel University for 34 years and was made an honorary fellow in 2003, after retiring in July 2002.[6]

He and his wife Sandra had a son, Mark, and a daughter, Rachel.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sandra and Rachel Tranter (10 October 2005). "Tom Tranter". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ "A-Z of Hayes FC: Tiernan – Tzen". Hayes and Yeading United FC. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Hill, Gordon. "The Gordon Hill column: A bird's eye view of becoming a top player". Total Football Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tom Trantor 1940–2005" (PDF). Brunel News. No. 81. Brunel University. October 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Knattspyrnuþjálfarafélag Íslands" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Frettablad. 1979. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Honorary Fellows 2003". Brunel University. Retrieved 30 September 2011.


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