| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ronald Albert Ernest Tindall | ||
| Date of birth | (1935-09-23)23 September 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Streatham, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2012(2012-09-09) (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Perth, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952 | Camberley | 2 | (1) |
| 1953–1961 | Chelsea | 160 | (67) |
| 1961 | West Ham United | 13 | (3) |
| 1962–1963 | Reading | 36 | (12) |
| 1964–1969 | Portsmouth | 162 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1973 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1974 | Portsmouth (caretaker) | ||
| 1977–1987 | Western Australia (director of coaching) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronald Albert Ernest TindallOAM (23 September 1935 – 9 September 2012) was an Englishfootballer who played as a striker. He was also an accomplishedcricketer, playing forSurrey.[1]
Tindall played youth football for Camberley Wanderers when the club formed in 1950. He began his senior career when he joinedCamberley F.C. in 1952 at the age of 16. He only made two appearances for the first team before joiningChelsea's newyouth system in 1953. Two years later, he scored on his full debut for the club againstWest Bromwich Albion in theFirst Division. Within a year, Tindall had established himself in the Chelsea first team and, though the side's form was often erratic, he struck up a prolific strike partnership with the emergingJimmy Greaves. In the1960–61 season, they scored 59 goals between them (16 for Tindall, 43 for Greaves), a club record which still stands.
By the end of 1961, both Greaves and managerTed Drake had left Chelsea andTommy Docherty was appointed in Drake's place; Tindall became surplus to requirements as Docherty concentrated on re-building the Chelsea side around the new generation of youngsters. He was sold toWest Ham United in November 1961 in part exchange forAndy Malcolm. He ended his Chelsea career with 69 goals from 174 games, making him 17th in Chelsea'sall-time goalscorers list.
Tindall's time at West Ham was brief, and he soon moved on to play forReading, where he scored 12 goals in 36 league games before moving toPortsmouth in 1964. Tindall played out the remainder of his career at Portsmouth, making 162 league appearances before retiring in 1969. He was appointed manager of Portsmouth in 1970, but was hampered by the club's financial problems and had left the job by 1973. He wascaretaker manager of Portsmouth for two games in 1974 followingJohn Mortimore's departure.
Upon signing for Chelsea, Tindall negotiated a special arrangement with the club, whereby he was allowed to miss the first and last months of the football season to play cricket for Surrey. Tindall was anall-rounder, a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Hisfirst-class career with Surrey lasted from 1956 to 1966, though he only played in three matches prior to 1960. He was awarded his countycap in 1962.
He scored 5446 runs in first-class matches at an average of 24.86, including two centuries and with a highest score of 109 not out. He reached one thousand runs in a season for the only time in 1963. He took 150 wickets at 32.38, with best figures in an innings of 5–41. Easily his most successful season with the ball was 1962, when he got his chance after the retirements of the Surrey off-spinnersJim Laker andEric Bedser and took 66 wickets at 23.92. He played in tenList A matches between 1963 and 1966, all in theGillette Cup. In those matches he scored 218 runs at 24.22, with a top score of 73. He bowled a total of only 22 overs in the ten matches, taking only two wickets and conceding 118 runs.
He immigrated toWestern Australia in 1977 to take the job of director of the state's football coaching. He lived there for the remainder of his life. In 2008, he was awarded theOrder of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to sport. He died in September 2012, just before his 77th birthday.[2]
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