Alf Ramsey

Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey ( born January 22, 1920 in Dagenham, Essex, † 28 April 1999 in Ipswich ) was an English football player and coach. He became internationally known as a coach who led the English national football team to victory in the World Cup 1966. In 1967 he was knighted.

Career

From 1963 to 1974 he coached the England football team, with whom he participated in two World Cups. With the Football World Cup 1966 in their own country, he became world champion with the English team. At the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, he left with his team in the quarter-final against the team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Once it was the English team have failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 1974 in the Federal Republic of Germany, he was released by the English Football Association of his activities as manager of the national team.

As a player, he was active for Southampton FC and Tottenham Hotspur. From 1948 to 1953 he played 32 games for the England national team, where he scored three goals, all through penalty. In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil in 1950, he had worked at right back alongside John Aston in a 1-0 victory on April 15, 1950 against Scotland. In Brazil, the defender of Tottenham Hotspur played in all three World Cup matches against Chile, USA and Spain. As a coach, he worked from 1955 for Ipswich Town. With this club he managed to win the championship title in the English Football League, where Ipswich was the first club in English football history as a climbers in the top flight at first won the title in the 1961/62 season. Not least because of this remarkable success, he was appointed by the English Football Association FA to the manager of the England national team in 1963.

1967 Alf Ramsey was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II knighted, and was only the second football athletes after Sir Stanley Matthews, the this honor in 1965 befell who was allowed to call himself Sir. From Sir Alf Ramsey famously saying: "Never change a winning team. "

Success (title)

• English Champion: 1950/51 ( as a player with Tottenham Hotspur )
• English Champion: 1961/62 ( as a coach with Ipswich Town)
• World Champion: 1966 ( as a coach with England)