Thomas G. Tranter (1940–2005) was an English academic, and a

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player and football

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. He was head coach of the England women's national football team for six years during the 1970s. Tranter worked as a coach with

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and played for the first team. While coaching at amateur club Southall, Tranter motivated a young Gordon Hill who returned to the professional ranks with Millwall and went on to play for

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and England. Tranter also coached at

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, Slough Town and

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, as well as being sent on various foreign assignments in his capacity as a

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staff coach, including coaching the England's Women Team between 1973 and 1979. In 1979, he went to Iceland to coach Keflavík. In his academic career Tranter worked at Brunel University for 34 years and was made an honorary fellow in 2003, after retiring in July 2002. He and his wife Sandra had a son, Mark, and a daughter, Rachel.

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1940 births 2005 deaths English footballers English football managers England women's national football team managers Academics of Brunel University London Association football midfielders Expatriate football managers in Iceland English expatriates in Iceland Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík managers Hayes F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub