Tony Carr
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antony Carr | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Bow, London, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1969 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1971 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Barnet | 13 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anthony Carr MBE (born 5 September 1950) is an English sports coach and former Director of Youth Development at the West Ham United football club's youth academy and is recognised as one of the most influential figures in English football. A former graduate of the academy himself, whose footballing career was cut short by injury, he joined the club's staff as a youth coach in 1973. Since then in his tenure as director, as of 2010, Carr is credited with producing talent which has earned an estimated £80 million in transfer fees for the club, while the 23 man England squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup contained no less than seven players trained by Carr - Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and John Terry.
Carr was born in Bow, East London and was a West Ham youth player, joining in 1966 as a trainee striker, and cleaning the boots of the famous World Cup players Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore and Martin Peters. He had three seasons as a youth team player and two as a professional player for West Ham, reaching reserve team level. He played for one season at Barnet before breaking his leg which put him out of the game for over 18 months. During this time he qualified as a PE instructor. He eventually stopped playing due to a career-threatening injury, although he has since admitted that he did not have the ability to play at the highest level.
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