Noel Cantwell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Cork, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 8 September 2005 (aged 73) | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1950 | Western Rovers | ||
| 1950–1952 | Cork Athletic | ? | (1) |
| 1952–1960 | West Ham United | 248 | (11) |
| 1960–1967 | Manchester United | 123 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1953–1967 | Republic of Ireland | 36 | (14) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967–1972 | Coventry City | ||
| 1972 | New England Tea Men | ||
| 1972–1977 | Peterborough United | ||
| 1977–1978 | New England Tea Men | ||
| 1980–1982 | Jacksonville Tea Men | ||
| 1986–1988 | Peterborough United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell (28 February 1932 – 8 September 2005) was an Irish soccer player and sometime cricketer born in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. He was educated at the Roman Catholic Presentation Brothers College in Cork.
Cantwell played as a full-back for Western Rovers, Cork Athletic, West Ham United and Manchester United.
While at West Ham, he featured in the London XI side that competed in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final on 1 May 1958. He captained the Hammers to winning the Division Two championship in the 1957–58 season and thereby leading the club into the top flight for the first time since 1932.
In November 1960, Cantwell joined Manchester United for £29,500 which at the time was a record for a full back. He helped the club win the 1965 and 1967 league titles and captained United when winning the 1963 FA Cup Final – just as his fellow countryman Johnny Carey had done in United's previous FA Cup win 15 years earlier.
He also served as Chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association.
He won 36 full International caps for the Republic of Ireland (typically playing at left full back and on several occasions at centre forward). He made his debut against Luxembourg in October 1953; his final appearance coming away to Turkey in February 1967. He scored 14 goals including 5 from penalties and also captained the Republic on several occasions including a match against England at Wembley.
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