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Canvin, Cyril Cyril was mostly a reserve team player at Leyton Orient 1947-48 and quickly earned a reputation for his robust approach. He was put into the league side for a couple of matches late in the prolonged season, 1946-47, when the club was desperately seeking to avoid relegation and needed punch in the forward line. I never saw him in any of the two-to-three matches he played in. But the Orient just managed to avoid the drop. He was retained for 1947-48 but never played in the League side again. I vaguely remember reading that he had been killed only 5 or 6 years later in a motoring accident.
22-06-23 Lionel King
Canvin, Cyril Cyril Edward CANVIN
Born: Hemel Hempstead, 23/1/1924
Died: Hemel Hempstead, November, 1950, on the books of Bury Town at the time, died in an industrial accident at his place of work, aged just 26.
Also with Leyton Orient 1946-1947 with 3 League appearances
Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, historian Leyton Orient FC
12-08-21
