Colin Lyman

Colin Lyman

Personal information
Full name	Colin Charles Chad Lyman[1]
Date of birth	9 March 1914[1]
Place of birth	Northampton, England[1]
Date of death	9 May 1986 (aged 72)[1]
Place of death	Cambridge, England[1]
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Rushden Town
	West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933	Southend United	1	(0)
1934–1937	Northampton Town	85	(29)
1937–1945	Tottenham Hotspur	47	(10)
1946	Port Vale	11	(1)
1946–1947	Nottingham Forest	23	(9)
1947	Notts County	21	(5)
	Nuneaton Borough
	Long Eaton Town
	British Timken
Total		188+	(54+)
Teams managed
	Long Eaton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Colin Chad Lyman (9 March 1914 – 9 May 1986) was an English footballer who played as a forward.^[2] He scored 54 goals in 188 league games in the Football League playing for West Bromwich Albion, Southend United, Northampton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Nottingham Forest, and Notts County.

Playing career

Lyman played for Rushden Town and West Bromwich Albion, before playing one Third Division South game at Roots Hall for Southend United in 1933. He moved on to league rivals Northampton Town, and scored 29 goals in 86 league games at the County Ground in 1934–35, 1935–36, and 1936–37. He then moved up to the Second Division with Tottenham Hotspur. He spent the 1937–38 and 1938–39 seasons at White Hart Lane, and scored 11 goals in 54 league and cup matches.^[3] He also guested for Leicester City, Notts County, Chesterfield, Derby County, Coventry City and Port Vale during World War II.^[1] Having played four games for the Vale as a guest in 1946, he signed permanently for the club in May 1946 for a 'fairly substantial fee'. He played 11 Third Division South games for the club in 1946–47, scoring at The Old Recreation Ground in a 1–1 draw with Northampton Town.^[1] After putting in a transfer request, the 32-year-old was sold on to Nottingham Forest in October 1946 for a 'substantial sum' above what the Vale had paid for him.^[1] He scored nine goals in 23 Second Division appearances for Billy Walker's Forest in the rest of the 1946–47 season. After leaving the City Ground, he moved on to rivals Notts County. He scored five goals in 21 Third Division South games for the "Magpies" in 1947–48. After leaving Meadow Lane, he later played for Nuneaton Borough, Long Eaton Town (as player-manager) and British Timken.^[1]

Statistics

• Sourced from Colin Lyman profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southend United	1933–34	Third Division South	1	0	0	0	1	0
Northampton Town	1934–35	Third Division South	17	8	0	0	17	8
	1935–36	Third Division South	29	8	1	0	30	8
	1936–37	Third Division South	30	11	1	0	31	11
	1937–38	Third Division South	9	2	0	0	9	2
	Total		85	29	2	0	87	29
Tottenham Hotspur	1937–38	Second Division	24	4	4	1	28	5
	1938–39	Second Division	22	6	2	0	24	6
	1945–46		0	0	2	0	2	0
	Total		46	10	8	1	54	11
Port Vale	1946–47	Third Division South	11	1	0	0	11	1
Nottingham Forest	1945–46	Second Division	23	9	4	1	27	10
Notts County	1947–48	Third Division South	21	5	0	0	21	5
Career Total			187	54	14	2	201	56

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 179. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 162. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
3. Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 3 June 2009 at WebCite