Clyde Best (born 24 February 1951) is a former football player. He has played for Bermuda national team.[2]

He was awarded an Order of the British Empire.[3]

Biography

When Clyde Best was 16, he moved from Bermuda to England.

He played for West Ham United F.C.[4]

Best made his first goal on 3 September 1969. He had 218 games and 58 goals with West Ham.[5][6]

Then he played in the Dutch Eredivisie for the Feyenoord.[7] Lated he joined some American teams (Tampa Bay Rowdies, Toronto Blizzard and Portland Timbers).

References

  1. "FIFA.com – FIFA Player Statistics: Clyde BEST". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Clyde BEST". 2013-03-27. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. "Determined to look the part, Best went into a swish London outfitters to buy a top hat. He was somewhat taken aback to find out it would cost him £500, but, unwilling to go incorrectly dressed to his investiture, paid up – only to have it confiscated on his arrival at the Palace as a security risk page (S5, Sports section Sunday Telegraph issue no 2,428 dated 23 December 2007)".
  4. "How an FA Cup night out soured Moore's West Ham career". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  5. "Emergency Measures | Outfield Players Who Went in Goal | Goalkeepers Are Different". www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  6. "Clyde Best". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. "Dutch team". ww7.feyenoordgeschiedenis.net. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.