{{short description|English footballer}} {{for|American politician|Ronald Bacon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ronnie Bacon | image = | caption = | fullname = Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|3|4|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|25|1935|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Fakenham, England | height = | position = Winger | years1 = 1955–1958 | clubs1 = Norwich City | caps1 = 42 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 1958–1961 | clubs2 = Gillingham | caps2 = 128 | goals2 = 15 | years3 = – | clubs3 = King's Lynn | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ? | totalcaps = 170 | totalgoals = 21 }}
'''Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon''' (4 March 1935 – 25 September 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for two clubs in the Football League, making 170 appearances.
==Early life== Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon was born on 4 March 1935 in Fakenham, Norfolk.<ref>{{cite book|first=Roger|last= Triggs|title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club|publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd|year=2001|isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=47}}</ref>
==Career== Bacon began his professional career in 1955 with Norwich City, and he made 42 league appearances for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/norwich/norwich.html|title=NORWICH CITY : 1946/47 - 2008/09|accessdate=7 November 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> Bacon then moved to Gillingham, making a further 128 appearances in the League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/gillingham/gillingham.html|title=GILLINGHAM : 1950/51 - 2008/09|accessdate=7 November 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> Bacon later played non-league football with King's Lynn.
==Personal life== Bacon was married to Hazel and had a son and two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/memorials/death-notices/death/30096996.ronald-ronnie-bacon/notice/|title=Ronald (Ronnie) Bacon|work=Eastern Daily Press|accessdate=26 July 2025}}</ref>
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