Tony Waiters

Anthony Keith Waiters (1 February 1937 – 5 November 2020) was an English footballer and manager. As a player, he mainly played as a goalkeeper for Blackpool between 1959 and 1967. He was capped five times for England in 1964, and was considered for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but he did not make the team.

Tony Waiters

Waiters (right) about to shake hands with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Keith Waiters
Date of birth	(1937-02-01)1 February 1937
Place of birth	Southport, England
Date of death	5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 83)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	Bishop Auckland
1958–1959	Macclesfield Town	11	(0)
1959–1967	Blackpool	257	(0)
1970–1972	Burnley	38	(0)
Total		306	(0)
National team
1964	England	5	(0)
Teams managed
1972–1977	Plymouth Argyle
1977–1979	Vancouver Whitecaps
1981–1986	Canada
1990–1991	Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After retiring, he became a manager. He managed Plymouth Argyle between 1972 and 1977, and the Vancouver Whitecaps between 1977 and 1979. While at the Whitecaps, he won the Soccer Bowl '79 against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. In 1981, he became the manager of Canada. He notably managed Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He would return to manage Canada between 1990 and 1991.

Waiters died on 5 November 2020, aged 83, of complications from pneumonia. Because it took a few days for his death to be made public, some sources accidentally report his date of death as 10 November.

Other websites

• Waiters' official website Archived 2018-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
• England profile Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Tony Waiters at the Canadian Soccer Association / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame