Alf Ramsey
English association football player and manager (1920-1999) · United Kingdom · On the map · Footballers · Died at 79
Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager from 1963 to 1974, which included guiding them to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
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Bill Nicholson Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1955
Ted Ditchburn Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1955
Eddie Baily Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1955- Ron Burgess Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1954
- Tony Marchi Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1955
- Len Duquemin Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1955
- Arthur Willis Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1954
Stanley Matthews Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
Billy Wright Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
Tom Finney Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
Jackie Milburn Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
Stan Mortensen Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953- Jimmy Mullen Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
- Mel Hopkins Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1952-1955
- Len Shackleton Teammate at England national team, 1948-1953
Don Roper Teammate at Southampton F.C., 1943-1947- Johnny Brooks Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1953-1955
- George Robb Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1951-1955
- Bill Dodgin Teammate at Southampton F.C., 1943-1946
- George Curtis Teammate at Southampton F.C., 1947-1949
- Bill Ellerington Teammate at Southampton F.C., 1945-1949
- Peter Baker Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1952-1955
- Les Medley Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1953
- Dennis Uphill Teammate at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., 1949-1953
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The village green in Dagenham, Ramsey's birthplace and childhood home (2007)
A Universal Carrier Mk I of Ramsey's regiment, with Bren gun mounted for anti-aircraft use (1940)
Kenilworth Road, Luton Town's ground, where Ramsey first played for Southampton in the wartime Football League South (1980)
Bill Nicholson, with whom Ramsey made an effective partnership when playing at Tottenham Hotspur, but who was also a rival of his. Both went on to manage top-flight clubs. (1961)
England captain Billy Wright, for whom Ramsey deputised on three occasions (1961)
Jimmy Greaves (left) and Bobby Charlton. It was an injury to Greaves that brought Geoff Hurst into the England team. (1964)
Argentina's Antonio Rattín (striped shirt, left) is sent off during the 1966 World Cup quarter-final against Ramsey's England.Awards
About this person
Knighted in 1967 in recognition of the World Cup win, Ramsey also managed his country to third place in the 1968 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 European Championship. As a player, Ramsey was a defender and a member of England's 1950 World Cup squad.
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