Kenny Sansom
Sansom in April 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kenneth Graham Sansom | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Camberwell, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spring Park Wolves | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | Crystal Palace | 172 | (3) |
| 1980–1988 | Arsenal | 314 | (6) |
| 1988–1989 | Newcastle United | 20 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Queens Park Rangers | 64 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Coventry City | 51 | (0) |
| 1993 | Everton | 7 | (1) |
| 1993 | Brentford | 8 | (0) |
| 1994 | Watford | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 637 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| England Schoolboys | |||
| 1978–1980 | England U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1979–1988 | England | 86 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Kenneth Graham "Kenny" Sansom (born 26 September 1958) is a former England footballer. Sansom, throughout his career played for clubs such as Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Everton and Watford.
He is the second most capped England national team full-back, having appeared 86 times for his country between 1979 and 1988.
Kenneth Graham Sansom was born in Camberwell, London on 26 September 1958; the second youngest of five siblings. His father, George, was a spiv who left the family home shortly after the birth of his youngest child. His mother, Rose, was a cleaner, and moved the family to Tulse Hill in 1960. He considered himself a goalkeeper in his early years, but while playing for a youth team called Spring Park Wolves he replaced an injured teammate at left-back, and remained a full-back for the rest of his career. He attended Beaufoy Secondary school, and was capped by England schoolboys.
Sansom was scouted by Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur, but went on to join the youth team at Crystal Palace.
In 1977 he captained the Palace juniors team to FA Youth Cup success while also skippering the England youth team at the same level, collecting Palace's "Player of the Year" award in his first season.
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