Former Players Gallery

Jimmy Hill Saudi Arabia Contract - Ministry of Youth Welfare - Riyadh

Jimmy Hill, managing director of Coventry City FC and TV soccer pundit, with Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, signing the contract which makes Hill soccer adviser to the Prince and gives him 25 million to promote the game in the oil rich state

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Coventry City

Jimmy Hill - Press Conference - Dorchester Hotel, London

Former Coventry City Manager and footballer Jimmy Hill at a press conference to announce him becoming the head of London Weekend Television Limited's Sports Unit. Balham born Hill (39) began his football career as an amateur with Reading and signed as a professional with Brentford before joining Fulham. He became chairman of the Professional Footballers Association in 1956 and successfully negotiated a new deal for the players which culminated in the abolition of the maximum wage in 1960. He became Coventry City manager in 1961 and led the club from the third to the first Division in five and a half years

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Leslie Jones, Coventry City

Football League Division Three South - Clapton Orient v Coventry City - Lea Bridge Road

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