Tommy Cavanagh

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Tommy Cavanagh
Full name	Thomas Henry Cavanagh
Date of birth	June 29, 1928
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	March 14, 2007 (aged 78)
Playing position	Inside-forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1948-1950 1950-1952 1952-1956 1956-1959 1959-1960 1960-1961	Preston North End Stockport County Huddersfield Town Doncaster Rovers Bristol City Carlisle United	000 0(0) 032 0(2) 093 (29) 119 (16) 024 0(6) 033 0(4)
Teams managed
1965-1966 1983-1983 1985-1986	Brentford Rosenborg Burnley
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Henry "Tommy" Cavanagh (29 June 1928 - 14 March 2007) was an English footballer and coach. As a player, he was an inside-forward at six professional clubs, most notably Huddersfield Town and Doncaster Rovers.

After retiring as a player, Cavanagh coached and later managed Brentford. He coached at Nottingham Forest from 1966 until 1972. He then linked up with his former Preston teammate Tommy Docherty as assistant manager at Manchester United. Cavanagh stayed at United when Docherty was sacked in 1977, but left the club following Ron Atkinson's appointment in 1981.

He later had coaching spells at Newcastle United, and Rosenborg in Norway. In 1985, he became Martin Buchan's assistant at Burnley, and took over as manager when Buchan was sacked later that year.

After leaving Burnley in 1986, he worked at the FA School of Excellence at Lilleshall until his retirement. In 2002, Cavanagh was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and passed away in March 2007, aged 78.