Ray Wilson

Ray Wilson
MBE
Personal information
Full name Ramon Wilson
Date of birth (1934-12-17)17 December 1934
Place of birth Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England
Date of death 15 May 2018(2018-05-15) (aged 83)
Place of death Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1964 Huddersfield Town 266 (6)
1964–1969 Everton 116 (0)
1969–1970 Oldham Athletic 25 (0)
1970–1971 Bradford City 2 (0)
Total 409 (6)
National team
1960–1968 England 63 (0)
Teams managed
1971 Bradford City
Honours
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1966 England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ramon "Ray" Wilson MBE (17 December 1934 – 15 May 2018) was an English former footballer. He played at left back. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. In 1971, he managed the Bradford City football team. He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.

Wilson lived in Slaithwaite near Huddersfield with his wife Pat. They had two children.[2] In 2004, Wilson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.[3] He died of the disease on 15 May 2018 in Slaithwaite at the age of 83.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6][7][8]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 1955–56 First Division 6 0 0 0 — — 26 0
1956–57 Second Division 13 0 0 0 — — 36 0
1957–58 31 1 2 0 — — 51 0
1958–59 42 2 1 0 — — 48 0
1959–60 41 1 3 0 — — 46 0
1960–61 32 0 4 0 0 0 — 45 0
1961–62 39 0 2 0 1 0 — 53 0
1962–63 33 1 0 0 0 0 — 37 0
1963–64 29 1 1 0 3 0 — 40 0
Total 266 6 13 0 4 0 0 0 283 6
Everton 1964–65 First Division 17 0 4 0 0 0 2[a] 0 23 0
1965–66 35 0 8 0 0 0 4[b] 0 47 0
1966–67 30 0 6 0 0 0 4[c] 0 40 0
1967–68 28 0 6 0 0 0 — 34 0
1968–69 4/2 0 2 0 0/1 0 — 6/3 0
Total 114/2 0 26 0 0/1 0 10 0 150/3 0
Oldham Athletic 1969–70 Fourth Division 25 0 3 0 1 0 — 29 0
Total 25 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 29 0
Bradford City 1970–71 Fourth Division 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 407/2 6 43 0 5/1 0 10 0 465/3 6
  1. ↑ Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

Honours

Everton

England

References

  1. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ray Wilson (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Footballers' wives of 1966 relive the memories". Daily Mail. 8 June 2006.
  3. ↑ Manger, Warren (2016-04-08). "Three 1966 World Cup heroes diagnosed with devastating Alzheimer's". mirror. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  4. ↑ Glanville, Brian (May 16, 2018). "Ray Wilson obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Frost, Terry (1990). Huddersfield Town A Complete Record 1910–1990. Derby: Breedon Books.
  6. ↑ Ian Ross and, Gordon Smailes (1993). Everton A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books.
  7. ↑ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1899–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-36-4.
  8. ↑ Dykes, Garth (1988). Oldham Athletic A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 978-0-907969-38-9.

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