Terry Bly | |
Fullname: | Terence Geoffrey Bly |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1935 |
Birth Place: | Fincham, England |
Death Place: | Grantham, England |
Position: | Striker |
Years2: | 1956–1960 |
Years3: | 1960–1962 |
Years4: | 1962–1963 |
Years5: | 1963–1964 |
Years6: | 1964–1970 |
Clubs6: | Grantham |
Caps1: | ? |
Caps2: | 57 |
Caps3: | 88 |
Caps4: | 32 |
Caps5: | 29 |
Caps6: | 199 |
Goals1: | ? |
Goals2: | 31 |
Goals3: | 81 |
Goals4: | 25 |
Goals5: | 4 |
Goals6: | 125 |
Totalcaps: | 405 |
Totalgoals: | 266 |
Manageryears1: | 1964–1978 |
Managerclubs1: | Grantham |
Terence Geoffrey Bly (22 October 1935 – 24 September 2009) was an English football striker.
He was renowned for his goalscoring prowess, most notably for Norwich City and Peterborough United, scoring a record 54 goals in the latter's inaugural Football League season of 1960–61.[1] He then played for Coventry City and Notts County before joining Grantham in October 1964.
Although he retired from playing in April 1970, he continued to manage Grantham Town until 1978.
Bly died on 24 September 2009, as a result of a heart attack.[2]