Kevin Patrick Verity (born 16 March 1940) is an English former football player and manager.

Playing career

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Verity played as a

right winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and began his career at

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, scoring 6 goals in 13 appearances in

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between 1958 and 1960. He later played non-League football with Ilkeston Town.

Coaching career

Verity was manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team between November 1972 and December 1973. He became manager of the England C team in December 1984, resigning in November 1988 due to his other commitments with the Football Association.

Personal life

His brother

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was also a professional footballer.

References

1940 births Living people English men's footballers English football managers English expatriate football managers Halifax Town A.F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players English Football League players Trinidad and Tobago national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Trinidad and Tobago English expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Men's association football wingers {{England-footy-forward-stub