Clyde Best
Clyde Best (born 24 February 1951) is a former football player. He has played for Bermuda national team.[2]
 Best at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground, in August 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clyde Cyril Best MBE | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Somerset, Bermuda | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Somerset Trojans | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1976 | West Ham United | 186 | (47) |
| 1975 | → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 1976 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 4 | (7) |
| 1976 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 19 | (9) |
| 1977–1981 | Portland Timbers | 118 | (38) |
| 1977–1978 | Feyenoord | 23 | (3) |
| 1979–1980 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 30 | (33) |
| 1980–1981 | Portland Timbers (indoor) | 6 | (2) |
| 1981–1982 | Toronto Blizzard | 22 | (2) |
| 1981–1982 | Toronto Blizzard (indoor) | 18 | (3) |
| 1982–1984 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 90 | (29) |
| National team | |||
| 1968 | Bermuda | 2 | (1[1]) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1999 | Bermuda | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He was awarded an Order of the British Empire.[3]
Biography
When Clyde Best was 16, he moved from Bermuda to England.
He played for West Ham United F.C.[4]
Best made his first goal on 3 September 1969. He had 218 games and 58 goals with West Ham.[5][6]
Then he played in the Dutch Eredivisie for the Feyenoord.[7] Lated he joined some American teams (Tampa Bay Rowdies, Toronto Blizzard and Portland Timbers).
References
- ↑ "FIFA.com – FIFA Player Statistics: Clyde BEST". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Clyde BEST". 2013-03-27. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ Determined to look the part, Best went into a swish London outfitters to buy a top hat. He was somewhat taken aback to find out it would cost him £500, but, unwilling to go incorrectly dressed to his investiture, paid up – only to have it confiscated on his arrival at the Palace as a security risk page (S5, Sports section Sunday Telegraph issue no 2,428 dated 23 December 2007).
- ↑ "How an FA Cup night out soured Moore's West Ham career" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46731183. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Emergency Measures | Outfield Players Who Went in Goal | Goalkeepers Are Different". www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Clyde Best". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Dutch team". ww7.feyenoordgeschiedenis.net. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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