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{{Short description|English footballer (1933–2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|     name = Malcolm Musgrove
|          image = Malcolm Musgrove.jpg
| caption = 
|       full_name = Malcolm Clarke Musgrove
|    birth_date = {{birth date|1933|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lynemouth]], England
|    death_date = {{death date and age|2007|9|14|1933|7|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Torquay]], England
|         height = 
|       position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Left wing]]
|         years1 = 1953–1962 |clubs1 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] |caps1 = 283 |goals1 = 84
|         years2 = 1962–1966 |clubs2 = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]     |caps2 = 83  |goals2 = 14
| totalcaps = 366
| totalgoals = 98
|  manageryears1 = 1973–1976 |managerclubs1 = [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]
|  manageryears2 = 1977–1978 |managerclubs2 = [[Connecticut Bicentennials]]
|  manageryears3 = 1978      |managerclubs3 = [[Chicago Sting]]
|  manageryears4 = 1981–1984 |managerclubs4 = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]
}}
'''Malcolm Clarke Musgrove''' (8 July 1933 − 14 September 2007) was an English [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (football)|manager]].
  
Musgrove played for his local side, Lynemouth Colliery, before being called up for national service, which he served in the [[Royal Air Force]]. He played for a Forces team and also for Scottish junior side Sunnybank while in the RAF and joined [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] in December 1953.

At West Ham, he soon established himself as a left-winger, making his league debut in 1954 against [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]. He went on to make 301 league and cup appearances for the Hammers before joining [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] as player-coach in December 1962. He became chairman of the [[Professional Footballers' Association]] in 1962 and remained in the post until his retirement as a player in 1966.

He left Orient in 1965 to coach Charlton Athletic under [[Bob Stokoe]], from where he moved to Aston Villa in 1967. In late 1968, he joined [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] as assistant manager under former West Ham teammate [[Frank O'Farrell]], taking them back to the top flight when they won the Division 2 Championship in 1970–71. When O'Farrell moved to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in June 1971, Musgrove followed, again taking an assistant manager's position. O'Farrell and Musgrove were both sacked by Manchester United in December 1972, after a disastrous 5–0 loss at [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. In January 1973, Musgrove took the manager's job at [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]], a post that O'Farrell had held himself five years earlier.

He had little success at Torquay, with a highest league finish of 9th place in 1975–76 in his time at [[Plainmoor]]. He left Torquay in November 1976, to be replaced by O'Farrell, and the following year coached [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] side [[Connecticut Bicentennials]]. In 1978, he coached another NASL side, [[Chicago Sting]] and on his return to England sold insurance for a while before joining Exeter City as coach and physiotherapist. He was made redundant in 1984 and then took the post of physio for the Qatar FA in the Middle East.

On his return, two years later, he became coach/physio at Plymouth Argyle, where he stayed until joining former Hammer [[John Bond (footballer)|John Bond]] at Shrewsbury Town. There, he was part of the backroom staff when they won the Third Division title in 1993, before retiring in 1998.

On retiring, he moved back to Torquay with his wife, Jean, to be nearer their children, David, Martin & Allison, and grandchildren. Musgrove was already suffering the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, which was to eventually take his life on 14 September 2007.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017101836/http://ex-hammers.com/news.php?extend.74 Ex-Hammers.com: Malcolm Musgrove obituary]}}. Accessed 30 November 2007.</ref>

==Honours==
'''West Ham United'''
*[[Football League Second Division]]:<ref>From 1992 the second tier of English football was known as [[Football League First Division]]. Since 2004 it has been known as the [[Football League Championship]].</ref> [[1957–58 Football League|1957–58]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{West Ham United F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{Torquay United F.C. managers}}

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