Paul Heffer

Paul Heffer
Personal information
Full name Paul Victor Heffer
Date of birth (1947-12-21) 21 December 1947 (age 78)
Place of birth West Ham, England
Position Defender
Youth career
–1966 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1972 West Ham United 15 (0)
Cambridge City
Managerial career
Southend Manor
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Paul Victor Heffer (born 21 December 1947) is an English former footballer who played as a defender for West Ham United.

Club career

Heffer started as a junior for West Ham United making his professional debut on 18 March 1967 in a 1–0 away defeat to Nottingham Forest. He made only fifteen appearances for West Ham before his footballing career was cut short by injury in 1972. He was awarded a testimonial match on 4 April 1973 in which a West Ham side beat an Israeli side 3–2. Heffer later played semi-professionally with Cambridge City.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Heffer managed Southend Manor during the 1980s, also taking up a chairman role at the club during the late-1980s before being replaced as chairman by Simon Dibley in 1990. Heffer later returned to West Ham, becoming an academy coach, before making the step up to assistant academy director.

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Heffer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Paul Heffer". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973-74 (4th year). London: Queen Anne Press. 1973.
  4. ↑ Hogg, Tony (1995). West Ham Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.
  5. ↑ "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Season Records" (.xls). Southend Manor F.C. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "West Ham's Academy Paul Heffer on Player Development". Soccer Today. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.