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Cec Coldwell
Personal information
Full name	George Cecil Coldwell
Date of birth	12 January 1929
Place of birth	Dungworth, Sheffield, England
Date of death	9 November 2008 (aged 79)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Norton Woodseats
1951–1968	Sheffield United
Managerial career
1975	Sheffield United (caretaker)
1977–1978	Sheffield United (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Cecil Coldwell (12 January 1929 – 9 November 2008) was a professional footballer who played for Sheffield United from 1951 to 1968. He played in the position of right-back.

Playing career

Coldwell signed for Sheffield United in September 1951 from local side Norton Woodseats for a fee of £100,^[1] before finally making his debut against Southampton in April 1952.^[2] Although a late developer, Coldwell formed a splendid full-back partnership with first Cliff Mason and then Graham Shaw,^[2] playing in 410 league games for the Blades which included two rare goals.^[3] The captain of the 1961 promotion team, he was retained as a player until 1968, although by then he was fully employed as a junior coach.^[1] He became first-team coach at Bramall Lane in 1969, a position he retained until 1983, helping the Blades to promotion in 1971 along with manager John Harris.^[1] He also had two stints as acting manager in 1975 and 1977–78.^[1]

Later career

Later he ran a newsagent's in Sheffield and Cheadle Hulme, before retiring to Poynton near Stockport.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Clarebrough & Kirkham (2012). Sheffield United The Complete Record. The Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 175.
^ ^a ^b Matthews, Clarebrough & Kirkham (2003). The Official Encyclopaedia of Sheffield United. Britespot Publishing. p. 60.
^ Clarebrough & Kirkham (2012). Sheffield United The Complete Record. The Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 636.
^ Sunday Times article, August 2005^{[dead link‍]}, retrieved 6 December 2006 Archived 17 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine