Ray Wilson (English footballer)
Statue of Ray Wilson (far right)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramon Wilson | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1964 | Huddersfield Town | 266 | (6) |
| 1964–1969 | Everton | 116 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | (0) |
| 1970–1971 | Bradford City | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 409 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 1960–1968 | England | 63 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971 | Bradford City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ramon "Ray" Wilson MBE (born 17 December 1934) is a former footballer who played at left back. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
Wilson became an apprentice railwayman upon leaving school, but was spotted playing amateur football by a scout at Huddersfield Town. He began a combination of working on the tracks by night and training with Huddersfield by day, before being called up for national service.
Quickly singled out as a strong and nippy left back with good overlapping skills by the then-Huddersfield Town manager Bill Shankly, Wilson signed professional forms with the club after his two-year army posting, and made his debut against Manchester United in 1955. Two years later, Wilson was Huddersfield's established, first-choice left back.
In 1964 Wilson joined Everton, by which time he had played 30 times for England, and remains Huddersfield's most-capped England international. A torn muscle, however, meant that he missed most of his first season at Everton. While Wilson's club career was modest, he did achieve the highest accolade as an international. Wilson was the left-back in the England team that won the World Cup in 1966, and won the FA Cup with Everton in the same year. Two years later, he was on the losing side, as Everton was beaten by West Bromwich Albion in the 1968 FA Cup Final. Wilson's fortunes declined at Everton following another injury, and he was granted a free transfer to Oldham Athletic in 1969, missing out on Everton's First Division title in 1970. He retired in 1971.
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