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Tony Book
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Keith Book | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Bath, Somerset, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 2025 (aged 90) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951–1952 | Peasedown Miners | ||
| 1952–1955 | Royal Army Medical Corps | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Frome Town | ||
| 1956–1964 | Bath City | 387 | (12) |
| 1964 | Toronto City | ||
| 1964–1966 | Plymouth Argyle | 81 | (3) |
| 1966–1974 | Manchester City | 244 | (4) |
| Total | 712 | (19) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1979 | Manchester City | ||
| 1989 | Manchester City(caretaker manager) | ||
| 1993 | Manchester City(caretaker manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anthony Keith Book (4 September 1934 – 13 January 2025) was an English football player and manager, playing as a right-back. Book spent a large part of his career in Non-League football with his home town club Bath City as well as other local sides Peasedown Miners and Frome Town FC,[1] before entering league football with Plymouth Argyle. At the age of 31, he joined First Division Manchester City, where he became captain. Under Book's captaincy, Manchester City won four major trophies, making him the second-most decorated Manchester City captain of all-time. Book had a five-year tenure as Manchester City manager from 1974 to 1979, and subsequently held various coaching roles at the club until 1996. According to Book's former teammate Mike Summerbee, George Best described Book as his "most difficult opponent".[2]
- ^ "Argyle icon Tony Book passes away".
- ^ "Tony Book, Manchester City title winner and 'club legend', dies aged 90". The Guardian. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
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