Bill Foulkes
Foulkes (back row, second right) with the Manchester United team in 1963
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | William Anthony Foulkes | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Helens, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 25 November 2013 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950 | Whiston Boys Club | ||
| 1950–1951 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1970 | Manchester United | 566 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1954 | England | 1 | (0) |
| 1955 | England U23 | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975–1977 | Chicago Sting | ||
| 1978–1979 | Tulsa Roughnecks | ||
| 1979–1980 | Witney Town | ||
| 1980 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| 1981 | IL Bryn | ||
| Steinkjer | |||
| 1983–1984 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 1985 | Viking | ||
| 1988–1992 | Mazda | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Anthony "Bill" Foulkes (pronunciation: /faʊks/ or /foʊks/; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester United, he played 688 games which places him at number 4 on the all-time list of appearances behind Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton and Paul Scholes. He made 3 appearances as a substitute. He also started in every single United game in the 1957–58, 1959–60 and 1964–65 seasons. He scored a total of 9 goals in his 18 seasons at United and helped the club win four First Division titles, one FA Cup and one European Cup. He was capped only once for England in 1955.
After retiring as a player, he spent more than 20 years as a coach and manager at numerous clubs in England and overseas.
Foulkes was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, the first of three children born to James Foulkes (1900–1970) and his wife Ruth (1909–1961).
His grandfather had captained St. Helens rugby league team and was also an England rugby international. His father had also played rugby league for St Helens, and had also played football for New Brighton in the Third Division North. Foulkes himself played for the Whiston Boys Club in his teens, and also worked at the Lea Green Colliery as a miner, a job which he continued into the mid-1950s by which time he was a regular member of the Manchester United first team and had made his solitary appearance for the full England side.
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