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Also known as Trevor John Francis

English association football player and manager (1954–2023)

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Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1899-01-07
Active to
1963-01-30

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Listeners
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Total plays
319

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Key facts

1978
→ Detroit Express (loan)
1979
→ Detroit Express (loan)
1988
→ Wollongong City (loan)
Full name
Trevor John Francis
Date of birth
( 1954-04-19 ) 19 April 1954
Place of birth
Plymouth , England
Date of death
24 July 2023 (2023-07-24) (aged 69)
Place of death
Marbella , Spain
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position
Forward
1969 1970
Birmingham City
Years
Team
1970 1979
Birmingham City
1979 1981
Nottingham Forest
1981 1982
Manchester City
1982 1986
Sampdoria
1986 1987
Atalanta
1987 1988
Rangers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Plymouth
Place of death
Marbella
Languages spoken
English language
Participant in
1982 FIFA World Cup
Position played
forward
Country for sport
England
Image
Nottingham Forest FC (Amsterdam, 1980) - Trevor Francis.jpg
Height
178
Number of children
2
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date of birth
1954-04-19
Commons category
Trevor Francis
coach of sports team
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
start of work period
1971-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts
1
total goals in career
0
name in native language
Trevor Francis
date of death
2023-07-24
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
myocardial infarction
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Encyclopedic overview

Trevor John Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Between 1988 and 2003, Francis was manager of Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trevor Francis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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