Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon (4 March 1935 – 25 September 2020) was an English professional

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who played as a winger for two clubs in

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, making 170 appearances.

Early life

Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon was born on 4 March 1935 in

Fakenham Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about north-west of Norwich. The town is at the junction of several local roads, including the A148 from King's Lynn to Cromer, the A1067 to N ...

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Career

Bacon began his professional career in 1955 with

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, and he made 42 league appearances for them. Bacon then moved to Gillingham, making a further 128 appearances in the League. Bacon later played non-league football with

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north-east of Peterborough, north-north-east of Cambridg ...

Personal life

Bacon was married to Hazel and had a son and two daughters.

References

1935 births 2020 deaths English men's footballers Gillingham F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players King's Lynn F.C. players English Football League players People from Fakenham Men's association football wingers Footballers from Norfolk {{england-footy-forward-1930s-stub