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Vernon Avis
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Vernon Charles Sidney Avis (24 October 1935 – June 1996) was an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Brentford.
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Playing career
Brentford
Avis began his career in the youth team at Second Division club Brentford.[2] He made his debut at age 18 in a 0–0 draw with Stoke City at Griffin Park on 12 December 1953.[3] Due to national service and with Ken Coote ahead of him in the pecking order,[4][5] Avis spent much of his subsequent Griffin Park career in the reserve team.[2] His best first team appearance tally was 11, in the 1959–60 Third Division season.[3] He departed the club in 1961, after making just 19 appearances.[2]
Bedford Town
Avis dropped into non-League football and signed for Southern League Premier Division club Bedford Town in 1961.[6] A left back by trade, Avis spent an early part of his Bedford career at centre forward.[7] He made nearly 200 appearances over the course of five seasons, before hanging up his boots at the end of the 1965–66 campaign.[8] Avis played two matches during the 1966–67 season as an emergency replacement.[8] He left the club in 1967 and joined United Counties League First Division club Rushden Town.[8]
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Managerial and coaching career
Avis became the trainer at Bedford Town in 1966, and stepped in as caretaker manager in April 1967.[8] He departed the club when Ron Heckman was appointed first team manager later that month.[8]
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