Ron Springett
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ronald Deryk George Springett | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Fulham, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 2015 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Kingston upon Thames, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Victoria United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1958 | Queens Park Rangers | 88 | (0) |
| 1958–1967 | Sheffield Wednesday | 345 | (0) |
| 1967–1969 | Queens Park Rangers | 45 | (0) |
| Total | 488 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1966 | England | 33 | (0) |
| 1959–1966 | The Football League XI | 9 | (0) |
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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.
Ronald Deryk George "Ron" Springett (22 July 1935 – 12 September 2015) was a football goalkeeper for Sheffield Wednesday, QPR and England.
Springett began his career at QPR in 1953. While at QPR, he was selected to play in the Third Division South representative team in 1957. He moved to Sheffield Wednesday for £10,000 in 1958 and made 384 appearances for Wednesday before returning to QPR in May 1967. As part of that deal, his brother Peter, also a goalkeeper, moved to Wednesday from QPR.
Springett was a member of the Sheffield Wednesday team beaten 3–2 by Everton in the 1966 FA Cup Final at Wembley.
Springett made 33 appearances for England, all while at Sheffield Wednesday and until then the most international appearances by any Sheffield Wednesday player. He held this club record for 26 years until it was broken by Nigel Worthington. He made his England debut against Northern Ireland at Wembley in 1959 saving a Jimmy McIlroy penalty just before half-time to help secure a narrow 2–1 victory. He also saved a penalty in a match against Peru in May 1962. He had been the first choice goalkeeper during the 1962 World Cup in Chile. His final cap was against Norway in 1966 shortly before the World Cup finals. At international level, Springett also made 9 appearances for the Football League (squad drawn from players of all Football League teams irrespective of nationality).
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