Sid Cann
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sydney Thomas Cann | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Babbacombe, Torquay, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 November 1996 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | New Malden, England | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1930 | Torquay United | 44 | (3) |
| 1930–1935 | Manchester City | 42 | (0) |
| 1935–1939 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1949–1951 | Southampton | ||
| 1952–1961 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 1962–1973 | Sutton United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Sydney Thomas Cann (30 October 1911 in Babbacombe, Torquay – 1 November 1996) was an English professional football defender and football manager. He was capped twice by England at Schools level.
Sid Cann joined Torquay United from Babbacombe school in November 1928, making his league debut away to Crystal Palace. After battling for a first team place with Willie Brown, he began the following season as a first choice, missing only a handful of games before moving to Manchester City in March 1930.
He played 42 league games for the Maine Road side, appearing on the losing side in the 1933 FA Cup final, but was never a first team regular and moved to Charlton Athletic in June 1935 and qualified as an FA Coach, making only 15 appearances as Charlton rose through the divisions prior to the onset of World War Two. He guested for Torquay United, Aldershot and Bristol City during the war, serving in the Army Physical Training Corps. Later during the war he qualified as a masseur (at the Bristol College of Physiotherapy) and joined Southampton as a physio.
In June 1946 he was appointed assistant manager of Southampton and in August 1949, after Bill Dodgin left for Fulham, he was appointed manager, almost taking them to promotion from Division Two in his first season in charge. He left the Dell in December 1951 after a fall-out with the board and took up a coaching role with the Football Association.
In August 1952, he was appointed manager of Isthmian League side Wycombe Wanderers and took them to 3rd place at the end of this first season, their highest finishing position for 23 years. In his 9 years in charge, he kept Wycombe constantly challenging for the league title, which they won in 1955-56 and 1956-57. They were also runners-up in 1957-58 and 1959–60, and reached the FA Amateur Cup final in 1957.
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