Charlie Twissell
English association football player (born 1932)
Charles Herbert Twissell (16 December 1932 – 18 January 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.
Personal life and club career
Charles Herbert Twissell was born in Singapore, where his father worked in the prison service. Twissell and his family moved to England when he was seven years old. He was a radar technician in the Royal Navy and played regularly for their representative football team.
Twissell was discovered by Plymouth Argyle, and signed for the Second Division club as an amateur in April 1955. He turned professional in April 1957, and made 41 league appearances for Plymouth, scoring nine goals. Twissell signed for York City in November 1958, making his debut on 22 November in a 3–2 home win over Walsall in the Fourth Division. He left York in 1961 to work in insurance, having scored eight goals in 56 appearances in all competitions for the club. He continued to play locally, including for non-league club Guiseley, and in 1969 was helping train Norton United. He retired in 1992, at which time he was living in Haxby, near York.
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