Ken Malcolm
| Ken Malcolm | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Kenneth Campbell Malcolm | |
| birthday | July 25, 1926 | |
| place of birth | Aberdeen , Scotland | |
| date of death | May 23, 2006 | |
| Place of death | Ipswich , England | |
| position | Defense (left) | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| St. Clement's | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1949-1954 | FC Arbroath | 111 (7) |
| 1954-1964 | Ipswich Town | 274 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Malcolm (born July 25, 1926 in Aberdeen , † May 23, 2006 in Ipswich ) was a Scottish football player . He was mostly used as a defender on the left and was a long-time regular for Ipswich Town between 1954 and 1964 . However , he contributed little to winning the English championship in 1962 , as he injured himself early in the championship season.
Athletic career
Malcolm, who was born in the Scottish northeast, initially served in the Royal Navy as a nurse and gained his first experience in professional football at the second division club Arbroath , which is just under 90 kilometers from his hometown . From there he moved in 1954 to the English club Ipswich Town , which had recently been promoted to the second-highest division. There he made his debut on September 4, 1954 in a 2: 4 away defeat against Hull City and the first year ended with direct relegation as penultimate .
After Alf Ramsey , who later became the English world champion coach in 1966, took office, Malcolm was one of the key players on the left defensive side in the team, who returned to the second division in 1957 . Four years later, the march into the top division followed and Malcolm only missed a single league game in the 1960/61 season. When Ipswich then completely surprisingly won the English championship as a first division climber in the 1961/62 season , Malcolm could only contribute insufficiently. This was due to his severe sciatica (other sources speak of a herniated disc) and after three match days Ramsey replaced him with John Compton . He then played only a total of 18 more games for Ipswich. This also included the club's first European Cup match at the local Portman Road in the preliminary round against the Maltese representative FC Floriana , in which he led his team onto the field as captain and which ended with a 10-0. Two years later he ended his active career. He then worked for two years for Ipswich Town in the junior division and then left football - only in amateur sports he was still to be seen as coach of Whitton United .
He then ran the Gosbeck Grayhound restaurant in Ipswich with his wife until 1968 , before returning to Scotland to work as an independent fish wholesaler. The family later moved to Guernsey and from there back to Ipswich. There he was employed as a caretaker and driver for the pharmaceutical company Fisons until his retirement in 1991 . A good two months before his 80th birthday, he died after a long illness in a hospital in Ipswich.
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Brooks: Ipswich Town Champions 1961/62 . The History Press, Stroud 2011, ISBN 978-0-7524-5890-8 , pp. 144 .
- ^ "Former Town star Malcolm dies at 79" (Ipswich Star)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malcolm, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malcolm, Kenneth Campbell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2006 |
| Place of death | Ipswich |