Tom Tranter

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]

Key Information

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
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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]

1. ^ ^{a b} 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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