Tony Knapp

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Tony Knapp
Knapp at Viking Stadion in 2008
Personal information
Full name Anthony Knapp
Date of birth (1936-10-13)13 October 1936
Place of birth Newstead, England
Date of death 22 March 2023(2023-03-22) (aged 86)
Place of death Jørpeland, Norway
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1961 Leicester City 86 (0)
1961–1967 Southampton 233 (2)
1967–1968 Coventry City 11 (0)
1968 Los Angeles Wolves 30 (1)
1969–1971 Tranmere Rovers 36 (1)
1971–1972 Poole Town
Managerial career
1971–1972 Poole Town
1974–1975 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
1974–1977 Iceland
1978–1981 Viking FK
1982–1983 Fredrikstad FK
1984–1985 Iceland
1986–1987 SK Brann
FK Vidar
Djerv 1919
Sandnes Ulf
2003 Staal Jørpeland
Stavanger IF
2004–2005 Hundvåg FK
2007–2008 Lillesand IL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Knapp (13 October 1936 – 22 March 2023) was an English football player and manager, who played as a defender in the English football league in the 1960s.[1]

Career

Knapp was born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire. He trained with Nottingham Forest before becoming professional, as a player for Leicester City (1955–61, 86 matches), Southampton (1961–67, 260 matches, 2 goals), Coventry City (1967–68, 11 matches), Los Angeles Wolves (1968) and Tranmere Rovers (1969–71, 36 matches, 1 goal).

His career as a manager started in Poole Town (1971–72, also player) and as an assistant coach to Norwich City. He then had success with the amateurs Iceland national team (1974–77, A, U18, U21) as in their beating East Germany 2–1 (1975). In Norway he had success with Viking FK (1978–81, winning the double 1979), Fredrikstad FK (1982–83), again Iceland (1984–85), and SK Brann (1986–87, cupfinalist). Since then Knapp had coached several lower division clubs in Rogaland, such as FK Vidar, Djerv 1919, Sandnes Ulf, Staal Jørpeland (2003), Stavanger IF and Hundvåg FK (2004–05), as well as Lillesand IL (2007–08) in Aust-Agder, before he retired due to illness.

Personal life and death

As of February 2020, Knapp was residing in Jørpeland in Norway with his wife and children.[2]

Knapp died on 22 March 2023, at the age of 86.[3]

Honours

Southampton

References

  1. ^ Peter Keeling, Blast from the past[permanent dead link‍] (1.3.08)
  2. ^ Hutchinson, John (25 February 2020). "Former Player Remembers: Tony Knapp". Leicester City Football Club. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ Viking-legenden Tony Knapp er død (in Norwegian)
  • Tony Knapp, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database