Phil Woosnam
Woosnam with West Ham United
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Phillip Abraham Woosnam | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Caersws, Powys, Wales, UK | ||
| Date of death | 19 July 2013 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Dunwoody, Georgia, U.S. | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bangor University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–53 | Manchester City | 1 | (0) |
| 1953–54 | Sutton United | ||
| 1954–59 | Leyton Orient | 108 | (19) |
| 1959-1962 | West Ham United | 138 | (26) |
| 1962-66 | Aston Villa | 106 | (24) |
| 1967-1968 | Atlanta Chiefs | 21 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 1959-1963 | Wales | 17 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967-1968 | Atlanta Chiefs | ||
| 1968 | United States | ||
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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.
Phillip Abraham "Phil" Woosnam (22 December 1932 – 19 July 2013) was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for five clubs in England and one in the United States. He played international football for Wales. He was described as a "gifted inside-forward with a pronounced football intelligence".
He was Commissioner of the North American Soccer League from 1969–83, overseeing the league's expansion and boom years. He was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame In 1997.
Woosnam played football with Montgomeryshire Schoolboys and gained youth international honours with Wales, and gained eight amateur caps, the first against England in 1951. While reading Physics, he captained Bangor University's football team at the Welsh Universities' Championship. Woosnam completed his national service with the Royal Artillery. He featured for the Army XI alongside Eddie Colman and Duncan Edwards of Manchester United.
He played club football at Wrexham, Manchester City, Caersws, Aberystwyth Town, and with amateur club Sutton United before he joined Leyton Orient. He made his senior international debut for Wales against Scotland in 1959 while still an amateur. He represented the London XI against Lausanne Sports while at Brisbane Road. He was named amateur footballer of the year in 1955.
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