Full name Roger George Cross Name Roger Cross 1964-1966 West Ham United Role Footballer | Years Team 1966-1969 West Ham United | |
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Date of birth (1948-10-20) 20 October 1948 (age 67) Place of birth East Ham, London, England | ||
Roger Cross (born 20 October 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a forward.
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Player
As well as being a professional footballer he could have made a living as a first class cricketer having been on the books of Essex County Cricket Club.
Cross' association with West Ham began with his signing as an apprentice in July 1964. He was the reserve team top scorer in two consecutive seasons, but he failed to establish himself in the Hammers first team, and was loaned to Leyton Orient during the 1968-1969 season. In 1969, after 8 appearances and a single goal, he moved to Brentford for £12,000. Cross went on to play for Fulham, who signed him for £30,000, and he scored ten goals in 46 league and cup appearances for the west London club. He had a second spell at Griffin Park, and took his Bee's tally to 228 appearances and 79 goals. He then joined Millwall for £8,000. In 1977, Cross moved to the USA to play for the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League.
Manager
In 1979, he became youth team manager at Millwall. After a period on the coaching staff at Queens Park Rangers, he moved to Spurs, where he later became assistant manager to Gerry Francis. He rejoined West Ham as reserve team coach in the summer of 2001 later going on to become chief scout. In April 2011 West Ham sacked Cross from this role.