Mick Kearns

Career Born in Nuneaton, where his family ran a bingo hall, Kearns played as an amateur for Stockingford Victoria whilst working as a motor mechanic at the Massey Ferguson tractor factory. He signed for Coventry City in 1955 and played for Coventry in all four divisions of the Football League, and five in total including Division Three South, after turning professional in 1956. He retired from playing in May 1969 after a knee injury. He returned to Coventry City in 1986 to work as reserve team coach, chief scout, and Youth Development Officer, before leaving in 1992 to work for the Post Office.

Personal life He married in 1965 and had two children and, as of June 2015, five grandchildren.