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Alf Ramsey

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Alf Ramsey

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Also known as Alfred Ernest Ramsey, Sir Alf Ramsey

English association football player and manager (1920-1999)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1935-05-27
Active to
2022-09-12
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Quotes

  • Never change a winning team.
  • It seemed a pity so much Argentinian talent is wasted. Our best football will come against the right type of opposition—a team who come to play football, and not act as animals.
  • We will win the World Cup.
  • You've won it once. Now you'll have to go out there and win it again.

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Key facts

1948
England B
Full name
Alfred Ernest Ramsey
Date of birth
( 1920-01-22 ) 22 January 1920
Place of birth
Dagenham , England
Date of death
28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) (aged 79)
Place of death
Ipswich , England
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position
Right-back
Years
Team
1943 1949
Southampton
1949 1955
Tottenham Hotspur
1948 1953
England
1955 1963
Ipswich Town
1963 1974
England
1977 1978
Birmingham City
1979 1980
Panathinaikos (technical director)

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) 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. 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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