Alan Sealey

Alan William Sealey ( born February 24, 1942 in Hampton, Greater London, England; † February 1996) was an English footballer. With West Ham United striker won the 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup.

The player used on Right Wing began his career in 1960 when his term English second division club Leyton Orient FC. For Leyton he scored a goal in four league games. In 1961 he transferred to the London first division club West Ham United and remained there until 1967. 1964 won the club the FA Cup and the formerly trading as Charity Shield Supercup. Sealey came in both competitions but not used.

The highlight of the career Sealey was probably his performance in the final of the European Cup of Cup Winners 1964/65, where the Ron Greenwood coached West Ham with the stars Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at London's Wembley Stadium on the German Cup winner TSV 1860 München met. Sealey, who came only as a representative of an injured player trunk for use, scoring with a brace in the 70th and 72nd minute both goals to win the title of the team in East London. In that season, he had scored until then only three more goals in official matches for the club. Overall Sealey scored 22 goals in 107 league games for West Ham.

But Sealey's career effectively ended within a year. In a cricket game during the preparation for the new season, he broke his leg when he fell over a bank. He should not really recover from it. In 1967, he finished his career at second division Plymouth Argyle, for whom he played four games. He then played for some time in the amateur field at Romford FC and Bedford Town.

Alan Sealey died unexpectedly in February 1996 at the age of 53 of a heart attack. The same fate befell ready five years earlier at the time his 43- year-old nephew Les, who played in his career as a goalkeeper, inter alia, for West Ham. Moreover there are some great-nephew Sealey played for the club.