Sydney Bycroft (19 February 1912 – 4 October 2004) was an English footballer who played from 1931 until 1951 initially as a forward then as tough tackling centre-half.
He would have been likely to have passed the club record of 417 league appearances held by Fred Emery had his career not been interrupted by the Second World War.
[3] Resigning in October 1946, Bycroft resumed his footballing career full-time until he retired at the end of 1951.
[6] He had a brief spell as joint manager for Doncaster[7] in February 1958 with former teammate Jack Hodgson following the surprise departure of Peter Doherty.
A new manager was appointed and Syd went back to coaching for a year, leaving the club at the end of that season in 1959.