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]

Tom Tranter

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

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]

References

1. 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.