Terry Darracott
English footballer (1950–2022)
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Terry Darracott (6 December 1950 – 22 March 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back for Everton and Wrexham in the Football League and for the Tulsa Roughnecks in the North American Soccer League.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 December 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 March 2022 (aged 71) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1979 | Everton | 148 | (0) |
| 1979 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 29 | (1) |
| 1979–1980 | Wrexham | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 199 | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
On retiring as a player he held coaching positions at Everton, Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers, and was employed as a European scout for Bolton Wanderers.[2][3]
In October 2008, Darracott joined Wrexham as assistant to manager Dean Saunders, with whom he had worked at Blackburn.[2] Restricted mobility due to a hip problem forced him to leave Wrexham a year later, and he returned to scouting for Bolton.[4]
He provided opposition analysis as part of Hull City's scouting team.
