Maurice Tillotson (born 20 January 1944) is a former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who represented

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. Born in Yorkshire, Tillotson signed as a full-time professional with Huddersfield Town at the age of seventeen. He also played in the English Football League with

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

, and had a short spell with Toronto Italia FC in the

Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League The Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada. The league operated for six seasons from 1961 to 1966 across four cities in two Canadian provinces and one American state. In the 1960s, the Eastern Canada Professional ...

. Tillotson then moved to

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club (commonly referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. Founded in 1 ...

of Belgium where he played in several European Cup games. TiIlotson moved to New Zealand in 1971 and played three seasons for

Gisborne City Gisborne City Association Football Club was an association football club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Founded in 1939 as Eastern Union, the club changed its name to Gisborne City after winning the Central Districts League at the first attempt in 196 ...

in the National League. During this time was selected for the national team and was voted New Zealand Player of the Year in 1973. He then moved to

Stop Out Sports Club } Stop Out Sports Club, commonly known as Stop Out, is an association football club in Lower Hutt, New Zealand is based at Hutt Park, Moera in Lower Hutt. History The Stop Out organisation started in 1919 with the aim of providing recreation to ...

where he was player-coach of Stop Out's most successful National League side. Tillotson made his full

All Whites The New Zealand men's national football team () represents New Zealand in men's international football competitions. The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a memb ...

debut in a 4–1 win over

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing career with 15 A-international caps and 1 goal to his credit, his final cap earned in a 1–1 draw with

Macao Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the ter ...

on 5 November 1975.

Honours

New Zealand *

OFC Nations Cup The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, 2024 edition, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's natio ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tillotson, Maurice 1944 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Men's association football defenders New Zealand men's international footballers Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players 1973 Oceania Cup players OFC Nations Cup–winning players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Toronto Italia players Stockport County F.C. players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Gisborne City AFC players Stop Out Sports Club players Manurewa AFC players Caversham AFC players New Zealand women's national football team managers English football managers English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand English Football League players 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen