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Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Bill Brown, John Hollowbread and Danny Blanchflower in the team with Bill Nicholson as manager. William Edward Nicholson OBE (26 January 1919 – 23 October 2004) was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who had a 55-year association with Tottenham Hotspur .
Oct 26, 2014 · It was 10 years ago on Thursday, on Saturday, 23rd October, 2004 that Bill Nicholson passed away. It is one of those “I remember where I was when I heard the news” moments – just as with the assassination of John F Kennedy (I was at the weekly meeting of the Boys’ Brigade) or the man walking on the moon (in bed with food poisoning).
- Logan Holmes
Sep 15, 2015 · Whether they know it or not, each Spurs fan owes a debt of gratitude to what Nicholson did for this club a lifetime ago. His career in north London began in 1936. Nicholson was just a boy then – 16-years-old – but still managed to impress enough on a trial with Tottenham to be signed into the youth team.
Bill continued to live just down the road from White Hart Lane until 2003 before sadly passing away in hospital at Potters Bar on October 23, 2004, aged 85. Put quite simply, he is ‘Mr Tottenham’. Bill steps out at the Lane in the early 1950s.
Oct 23, 2004 · It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Bill Nicholson OBE. Bill passed away peacefully at a Hertfordshire hospital early Saturday morning after a long fight against illness. He was 85.
Oct 23, 2013 · Bill Nicholson had to wait until the noggins on the Spurs board were finally amputated from their lofty perch and replaced with more forward thinking chairmen. In 1991 he was awarded the title of Club President.
Jun 13, 2019 · Bill Nicholson played a major role in Tottenham's title winning 1950/51 season as a player, and masterminded the side as manager to the same honour ten years later.
