Alf Ramsey

(Sir) Alf Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English footballer and football manager. He was born in 1920 and played for Southampton F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. He also played for the England national football team 32 times and scored three goals. Alf Ramsey was in charge of Ipswich Town F.C. for nearly ten years, Ipswich are the only team to win the First Division title in their first season in the top flight the season after winning the second division. Ramsey then became manager of the England team. He was manager when England beat Germany 4–2 in the World Cup final at Wembley Stadium. He is the only England manager to win a World Cup.

Sir
Alf Ramsey

Ramsey as England manager in November 1969
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Ernest Ramsey
Date of birth	(1920-01-22)22 January 1920
Place of birth	Dagenham, Essex, England
Date of death	28 April 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 79)
Place of death	Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Right-back
Youth career
	Five Elms
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1949	Southampton	90	(8)
1949–1955	Tottenham Hotspur	226	(24)
Total		316	(32)
National team
1948	England B	1	(0)
1948–1953	England	32	(3)
Teams managed
1955–1963	Ipswich Town
1963–1974	England
1977–1978	Birmingham City
1979–1980	Panathinaikos (technical director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In recognition of his achievement in leading England to victory in the World Cup Alf Ramsey was knighted in 1967.

He died of a heart attack.

In tribute to Ramsey, Ipswich Town F.C. commissioned a life-size statue of him which is positioned directly in front of Portman Road (home ground of Ipswich Town F.C.).

Club career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
England			League
1946–47	Southampton	Second Division	23	1
1947–48			42	5
1948–49			25	2
1949–50	Tottenham Hotspur	Second Division	41	4
1950–51		First Division	40	4
1951–52			38	5
1952–53			37	6
1953–54			37	2
1954–55			33	3
Country	England		316	32
Total			316	32

International career statistics

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1948	1	0
1949	1	0
1950	9	0
1951	7	1
1952	7	0
1953	7	2
Total	32	3

Alf Ramsey Media

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  The village green in Dagenham, Ramsey's birthplace and childhood home (2007)

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  A Universal Carrier Mk I of Ramsey's regiment, with Bren gun mounted for anti-aircraft use (1940)

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  Kenilworth Road, Luton Town's ground, where Ramsey first played for Southampton in the wartime Football League South (1980)

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  Bill Nicholson, with whom Ramsey made an effective partnership when playing at Tottenham Hotspur, but who was also a rival of his. Both went on to manage top-flight clubs. (1961)

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  England captain Billy Wright, for whom Ramsey deputised on three occasions (1961)

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  Jimmy Greaves (left) and Bobby Charlton. It was an injury to Greaves that brought Geoff Hurst into the England team. (1964)

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  Argentina's Antonio Rattín (striped shirt, left) is sent off during the 1966 World Cup quarter-final against Ramsey's England.

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  Queen Elizabeth II presents the World Cup to the captain of Ramsey's England team, Bobby Moore.

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  Ramsey blamed the goalkeeper Peter Bonetti (centre, holding ball) for England's defeat to West Germany. (1970)

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  Jan Tomaszewski (centre) whose goalkeeping for Poland helped to prevent England from qualifying for the 1974 World Cup. (1974)