Tony Knapp
Anthony Knapp (born 13 October 1936) is an English former football player and manager, who played as a defender in the English football league in the 1960s.[1]
 Knapp at Viking Stadion in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Knapp | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Newstead, England | ||
| 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 | |||
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 the 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 has 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
As of February 2020, Knapp was residing in Jørpeland in Norway with his wife and children.[2]
References
- Peter Keeling, Blast from the past (1.3.08)
- Hutchinson, John (25 February 2020). "Former Player Remembers: Tony Knapp". Leicester City Football Club. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- Tony Knapp, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database