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Birmingham City in History

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Events in Sport

  • 1979-02-01 English international forward Trevor Francis becomes Britain’s first £1 million soccer player when he transfers from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest

Birthdays in Sport

  • 1926-06-01 Johnny Berry, English soccer right winger (4 caps; Manchester United, Birmingham City), born in Aldershot, England (d. 1994)
  • 1927-09-22 Gordon Astall, English soccer forward (2 caps; Birmingham City 235 games, 59 goals), born in Horwich, England (d. 2020)
  • 1932-11-06 Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), born in Birkenhead, England (d. 2019)
  • 1933-08-06 Ron Wylie, Scottish soccer forward (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City) and manager (WBA), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
  • 1937-09-03 Willie Bell, Scottish soccer defender (2 caps; Queen's Park FC, Leeds United, Leicester City, Brighton & HA) and manager (Birmingham City, Lincoln City, Liberty Flames), born in Johnstone, Scotland (d. 2023)
  • 1938-03-23 Bertie Auld, Scottish soccer midfielder (3 caps; Celtic, Birmingham City) and manager (Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2021)
  • 1938-06-30 Mike Hellawell, English soccer outside right (2 caps; Birmingham City 178 games), born in Keighley, England (d. 2023)
  • 1940-10-17 Jim Smith, English soccer midfielder and manager (Birmingham City, QPR, Portsmouth, Derby County), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (d. 2019)
  • 1943-09-28 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland (d. 2022)
  • 1944-07-12 Terry Cooper, English soccer defender (20 caps; Leeds, Middlesborough) and manager (Bristol City, Birmingham City), born in Brotherton, England (d. 2021)
  • 1954-04-19 Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wednesday) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2023)
  • 1969-04-04 Karren Brady, English sporting executive, TV personality and business executive (The Apprentice UK, Birmingham City F.C.), born in Edmonton, London
  • 1971-06-28 Kenny Cunningham, Irish soccer defender (72 caps Republic of Ireland; Millwall, Wimbledon, Birmingham City), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1971-09-04 Maik Taylor, Irish soccer goalkeeper (88 caps Northern Ireland; Fulham, Birmingham City), born in Hildesheim, Germany
  • 1971-10-10 Ian Bennett, English football goalkeeper (Birmingham City), born in Worksop, England
  • 1975-08-30 Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian soccer defender (105 caps; Espérance, Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Southampton), born in Tunis, Tunisia
  • 1975-12-19 Olivier Tébily, Ivorian soccer defender (18 caps; Chamois Niortais FC, Celtic, Birmingham City), born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • 1978-02-02 Barry Ferguson, Scottish soccer midfielder (45 caps; Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Birmingham City) and manager (Clyde, Alloa A), born in Hamilton, Scotland
  • 1984-06-01 Jean Beausejour, Chilean soccer left wing-back (107 caps; Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Universidad de Chile), born in Santiago, Chile
  • 1984-08-22 Lee Camp, English soccer goalkeeper (9 caps Northern Ireland; Nottingham Forest, QPR, Rotherham United, Birmingham City), born in Derby, England
  • 1986-03-01 Jonathan Spector, American soccer defender (36 caps; West Ham United, Birmingham City), born in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Deaths in Sport

  • 1994-09-16 Johnny Berry, English soccer right winger (4 caps; Manchester United, Birmingham City), dies from cancer at 68
  • 2006-12-23 Johnny Vincent, English footballer for Birmingham City and Middlesbrough (b. 1947)
  • 2019-12-07 Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), dies at 87
  • 2019-12-10 Jim Smith, English soccer midfielder and manager (Birmingham City, QPR, Portsmouth, Derby County), dies at 79
  • 2020-04-14 Ron Wylie, Scottish soccer forward (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City) and manager (WBA), dies at 86
  • 2020-10-21 Gordon Astall, English soccer forward (2 caps; Birmingham City 235 games, 59 goals), dies from dementia at 93
  • 2021-07-31 Terry Cooper, English soccer defender (20 caps; Leeds, Middlesborough) and manager (Bristol City, Birmingham City), dies at 77
  • 2021-11-14 Bertie Auld, Scottish soccer midfielder (3 caps; Celtic, Birmingham City) and manager (Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical), dies from dementia complications at 83
  • 2022-06-10 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), dies at 78
  • 2023-03-21 Willie Bell, Scottish soccer defender (2 caps; Queen's Park FC, Leeds United, Leicester City, Brighton & HA) and manager (Birmingham City, Lincoln City, Liberty Flames), dies at 85
  • 2023-07-18 Mike Hellawell, English soccer outside right (2 caps; Birmingham City 178 games), dies at 85
  • 2023-07-24 Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69

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