Michael Chadwick Tindall (5 April 1941 – 10 August 2020) was an English professional

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who was born in

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and is best known for his career with

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. His playing position was

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Club career

After Villa, he moved to

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

briefly before dropping into the non-League to play for Tamworth. He also played in the United States for the

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International career

Tindall played for the England youth team but never represented the senior side.

Later life and death

Tindall died in August 2020 following a battle with dementia.

References

English men's footballers 1941 births 2020 deaths Walsall F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Men's association football midfielders English Football League players New York Americans (soccer) (1933–1956) players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriates in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States England men's youth international footballers Deaths from dementia in the United Kingdom Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub