Ted Drake
| Ted Drake | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Edward Joseph Drake | |
| birthday | August 16, 1912 | |
| place of birth | Southampton , England | |
| date of death | May 30, 1995 | |
| Place of death | Raynes Park , England | |
| position | Center Forward | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Winchester City | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1931-1934 | Southampton FC | 71 (47) |
| 1934-1945 | Arsenal FC | 167 (124) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1934-1938 | England | 5 (6) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1946-1947 | Hendon FC | |
| 1947-1952 | Reading FC | |
| 1952-1961 | Chelsea FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Edward Joseph "Ted" Drake (born August 16, 1912 in Southampton , † May 30, 1995 in Raynes Park ) was an English cricket , football player and football coach . He was best known as a player in the championship team of Arsenal FC in the 1930s and as coach of Chelsea FC , with whom he won the title in England in 1955, making him the first to play both as a player and as Coach became master.
Player career
Drake, who was born in Southampton , learned to play football at Winchester City before becoming a professional player and joining Southampton FC in 1931 . The center forward , who has great striker qualities , already scored three goals on his debut for the "Saints" and scored a total of 48 goals in 72 championship games for the club. He also played cricket for the Hampshire County Cricket Club on the side .
Drake moved to Arsenal in March 1934 for £ 6,500 and scored a goal in the first game against Wolverhampton Wanderers . Although his move was too late to win an official championship medal - Arsenal won the English championship this season - he made up for it in the following season and scored a spectacular 42 goals in 41 league games in Arsenal's title defense. With the other two hits in the FA Cup and the Charity Shield , Drake still holds the club record with 44 goals this season.
In the following season, Drake scored seven goals in a single game against Aston Villa on December 14, 1935 and also holds Arsenal FC's record in this category. Drake won the FA Cup with his club in the 1935/36 season, and the English championship again two years later. The Second World War then ended Drake's active footballing career, although he remained active in so-called "Wartime games" during his military service in the Royal Air Force for Arsenal. After the war, Drake had to end his career due to a serious spinal injury. With 139 goals in 184 games, he is Arsenal's fifth best goalscorer in history (along with Jimmy Brain ). For the English national team he was used in five games, where he scored six goals. He was also one of seven Arsenal players who played for England in November 1934 in the game against the world champions from Italy - the famous " Battle of Highbury ".
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Drake took over the coaching post at Hendon FC in 1946 and moved to Reading FC a year later . He led this club in 1952 to runner-up in the third-class Third Division South , which at that time was not enough for promotion to the second division. Then he was hired in the same year as the first division coach of Chelsea.
After arriving at Chelsea, Drake began making a series of changes that were directed against the club's image as an "amateur circus club". He saw to it that the former club crest "Chelsea pensioner" was abolished and insisted that the club replace the nickname "Pensioners" (German: " Pensioners ") with a new one. From these suggestions the new coat of arms "Lion Rampant Regardant" and the "Blues" nickname was born. Drake also installed a system of scouting reports and professionalized the training work, which was still seldom done in English football at the time. The former club policy of signing rather unreliable players with big names, changed fundamentally and Drake used his knowledge from the lower professional and amateur leagues to do this, lesser known but ambitious players such as Johnny McNichol , Frank Blunstone , Derek Saunders , Jim Lewis and To incorporate Peter Sillett into the team.
Within three years, Drake led Chelsea in the 1954/55 season to the club's only English championship in the 20th century. He was also the first to win the English championship title as a player and as a coach. After that, Drake could no longer continue anywhere near this success. The championship team had since broken up and was replaced by young club talents such as Jimmy Greaves , Peter Brabrook and Bobby Tambling , for whom Drake was an unapproachable person. The performances and results became very volatile and the club stagnated in the midfield of the league. The FA Cup defeat in 1961 against fourth division club Crewe Alexandra eventually became a sign for Drake, who was then released early in the 1961/62 season.
After leaving Chelsea, Drake was still in charge of the reserve team at Fulham FC , where his son Bobby also played. He then worked in the management of the "Cottagers" and later became president of the association for life.
In 1970 Drake was Vic Buckingham's assistant coach at FC Barcelona for six months , after having held the same position under him at Fulham FC in London between 1965 and relegation in 1968 .
Drake died at the age of 82 on May 30, 1995. The anniversary of his death was the same as that of Bobby Stokes , another football legend whose professional career began in Southampton.
successes
As a professional footballer
- English champion: 1935, 1938
- FA Cup winner: 1936
As a trainer
- English champion: 1955
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drake, Ted |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drake, Edward Joseph (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cricketer, soccer player and soccer coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1995 |
| Place of death | Raynes Park |