Eddie May
Edwin Charles May (19 May 1943 – 14 April 2012) was an English football player and manager. May was born in Epping, and played for Dagenham, Southend United, Wrexham and Swansea City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Charles May | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Epping, England | ||
| Date of death | 14 April 2012 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Barry, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1965 | Dagenham | ||
| 1965–1968 | Southend United | 105 | (3) |
| 1968–1976 | Wrexham | 334 | (35) |
| 1975 | → Chicago Sting (loan) | 18 | (7) |
| 1976–1978 | Swansea City | 90 | (8) |
| Total | 547 | (53) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1983 | Leicester City (Asst Manager) | ||
| 1983–1986 | Charlton Athletic (Asst Manager) | ||
| 1988 | Newport County | ||
| 1991–1994 | Cardiff City | ||
| 1994–1995 | Barry Town | ||
| 1995 | Cardiff City | ||
| 1995–1996 | Torquay United | ||
| 1997 | Dundalk | ||
| 1997 | Brentford | ||
| 1999–2000 | Drogheda United | ||
| 2000–2001 | Express | ||
| 2001–2003 | Highlanders | ||
| 2008–2010 | Porthcawl Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
The burly, affable May loomed large in the modern history of Welsh football. During his playing prime in the first half of the 1970s he cut an imposing figure at the heart of the Wrexham rearguard, totalling some 400 senior appearances for The Racecourse club scoring 35 goals, all with his head . Later the most successful stint in his long, varied and eventually globetrotting coaching and managerial career came at the helm of Cardiff City, whom he guided to the double of Third Division title and Welsh Cup glory in 1992–93. He also served Swansea City as a player and, fleetingly, Newport County as a coach, thus becoming one of the few men to be associated with all four of Wales' most famous clubs.