Sammy Chung

Cyril Chung (16 July 1932 – 28 August 2022), better known as Sammy Chung, was an English football player and manager, the second Anglo-Chinese player in English football.

Playing career Chung was born in Abingdon-on-Thames to a Chinese father and English mother. He began his career with local side Abingdon Town and then Southern League side Headington United.

After a period coaching in the United Arab Emirates, he returned to England in 1985 as assistant manager to Mick Mills at Stoke City where he spent five years and was later in the backroom staff at Blackburn Rovers in 1991–92. He had a spell as manager of non-league side Tamworth between January 1992, and January 1993, before being appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in July 1994, a post he held until August 1996. His Doncaster spell brought two promising seasons on the field, but promotion challenges gradually petered out into mid-table finishes.

In 1999, he was appointed director of football in Barbados.

In 2005, he joined the coaching staff at Minehead.

Personal life and death After retiring from football, Chung worked in a children's home. He later lived on the Somerset coast.

Chung died in a nursing home on 28 August 2022, at the age of 90.

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