Ray Wilson

Ramon "Ray" Wilson MBE (17 December 1934 – 15 May 2018) was an English former footballer. He played at left back. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. In 1971, he managed the Bradford City football team. He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.

Ray Wilson
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Ramon Wilson
Date of birth	(1934-12-17)17 December 1934
Place of birth	Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England
Date of death	15 May 2018(2018-05-15) (aged 83)
Place of death	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1964	Huddersfield Town	266	(6)
1964–1969	Everton	116	(0)
1969–1970	Oldham Athletic	25	(0)
1970–1971	Bradford City	2	(0)
Total		409	(6)
National team
1960–1968	England	63	(0)
Teams managed
1971	Bradford City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wilson lived in Slaithwaite near Huddersfield with his wife Pat. They had two children. In 2004, Wilson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died of the disease on 15 May 2018 in Slaithwaite at the age of 83.

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Huddersfield Town	1955–56	First Division	6	0	0	0	—		—		26	0
	1956–57	Second Division	13	0	0	0	—		—		36	0
	1957–58		31	1	2	0	—		—		51	0
	1958–59		42	2	1	0	—		—		48	0
	1959–60		41	1	3	0	—		—		46	0
	1960–61		32	0	4	0	0	0	—		45	0
	1961–62		39	0	2	0	1	0	—		53	0
	1962–63		33	1	0	0	0	0	—		37	0
	1963–64		29	1	1	0	3	0	—		40	0
	Total		266	6	13	0	4	0	0	0	283	6
Everton	1964–65	First Division	17	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	23	0
	1965–66		35	0	8	0	0	0	4	0	47	0
	1966–67		30	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	40	0
	1967–68		28	0	6	0	0	0	—		34	0
	1968–69		4/2	0	2	0	0/1	0	—		6/3	0
	Total		114/2	0	26	0	0/1	0	10	0	150/3	0
Oldham Athletic	1969–70	Fourth Division	25	0	3	0	1	0	—		29	0
	Total		25	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
Bradford City	1970–71	Fourth Division	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			407/2	6	43	0	5/1	0	10	0	465/3	6

Honours

Everton

• FA Cup: 1966

England

• World Cup: 1966

Other websites

• My Yorkshire – Ray Wilson talks about the 1966 victory Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
• BBC radio interview with Ray Wilson, 1999