Walter Winterbottom

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Walter Winterbottom
Walter Winterbottom.jpg
Bust of Walter Winterbottom
Personnel
birthday March 31, 1913
place of birth Oldham ,  England
date of death February 16, 2002
Place of death Guildford , England
position Outrunner
Juniors
Years station
Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1936-1938 Manchester United 26 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1946–1962 England
1952 Great Britain Olympia
1 Only league games are given.

Sir Walter Winterbottom CBE (born March 31, 1913 in Oldham , † February 16, 2002 in Guildford ) was an English football player and coach . From 1946 to 1962 he was the coach and manager of the English national football team . He was the first coach who also held the office of manager.

Winterbottom began his teaching career. He was educated at Chester Diocesan Training College (now Chester University ) and graduated there in 1933. While teaching, he played as an amateur soccer player from Chester, but soon signed his first professional contract with Manchester United , where he played his first game in 1936. He played 26 more times for Manchester before a back problem ended his career. In the Second World War, however, he appeared several times as a guest player for Chelsea and played in a selection of the Football Association against an eleven of the Royal Air Force . Once he was in the squad of the English national team in 1942, but was not used in the game against Scotland at Wembley Stadium in Wembley .

Winterbottom was appointed English national coach in 1946 and also manager of the national team in May 1947. His first game was a 7-2 win in Belfast against Northern Ireland . He managed the selection (and organized travel, accommodation and food) during four world championships . He was replaced by Alf Ramsey in November 1962 after a total of 139 games under his responsibility .

He was 1963 Officer of the British Empire (OBE), 1972 Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and 1978 knight bachelor ("Sir") beaten. Winterbottom was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005 due to his services as a coach for English football in the national team.

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literature

  • Graham Morse: Sir Walter Winterbottom - The Father of Modern English Football , Kings Road Publishing, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Winterbottom, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winterbottom, Sir Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldham , England
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 2002
Place of death Guildford