Terry Medwin

Terence " Terry " Cameron Medwin ( born September 25, 1932 in Swansea ) is a former Welsh footballer. The winger, who won several national titles in England with Tottenham Hotspur, took part in the World Cup 1958.

Sports career

Medwin played for Swansea Town in his hometown. For the club, which participates in the English professional football, he ran on the second-rate Second Division in 148 games. There he became also the Welsh national team, his international debut, he celebrated in 1953. In May 1956 he joined for £ 25,000 to the First Division to Tottenham Hotspur. Here he delivered himself with Terry Dyson a duel to the space on the outer track.

1958 nominated coach James Murphy him. Alongside his team mate Mel Hopkins in the squad for the World Cup finals in Sweden After he had played in the first group matches against Hungary and Mexico, he and Colin Webster for the final game against Sweden replaced by Ron Roy Vernon Hewitt respectively in the forward line. Thanks to a 0-0 tie, the team was finally tied with Hungary, so that there was a playoff. In Malmö Stadion, he scored in the 76 minutes the game-winning goal for a 2-1 win, but in the quarter-final match against eventual champions Brazil, the team was eliminated unhappy.

In the fall of Bill Nicholson took over the coaching job at his London club. First team regular still lost Medwin 1960 his place at Dyson, but came regularly used. Thus he also contributed to the profit of the second league title in the club's history and one of the excellent with the champion medal. In the cup final against Leicester City drew him before the coach Dyson, as the scorer contributed to the 2-0 victory alongside Bobby Smith. On the side of Danny Blanchflower, Jimmy Greaves, Dave Mackay and his fellow countryman Cliff Jones he was in the following year in the successful defense of the title Thanks a 3-1 victory over Burnley in turn in the starting lineup. In 1963 he retired on a tour of South Africa a broken leg that forced him to end career. For the Welsh national team, he had scored six goals in 30 international matches to date, for his London club, he had shot 72 goals in 215 games.

Later Medwin was temporarily on the coaching staff of Fulham FC. As an assistant coach he worked under John Toshack for his hometown club Swansea City. In 1971, he was at an Asian tour for a coaching staff managed by Dave Bowen Welsh national team.