Alf Ramsey

(Sir) Alf Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English footballer and football manager.  He was born in 1920 and played for Southampton F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C.  He also played for the England national football team 32 times and scored three goals. Alf Ramsey was in charge of Ipswich Town F.C. for nearly ten years, Ipswich are the only team to win the First Division title in their first season in the top flight the season after winning the second division. Ramsey then became manager of the England team.  He was manager when England beat Germany 4–2 in the World Cup final at Wembley Stadium. He is the only England manager to win a World Cup.

In recognition of his achievement in leading England to victory in the World Cup Alf Ramsey was knighted in 1967.

He died of a heart attack.

In tribute to Ramsey, Ipswich Town F.C. commissioned a life-size statue of him which is positioned directly in front of Portman Road (home ground of Ipswich Town F.C.).

 Club career statistics 

|-
|1946–47||rowspan="3"|Southampton||rowspan="3"|Second Division||23||1
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|1947–48||42||5
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|1948–49||25||2
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|1949–50||rowspan="6"|Tottenham Hotspur||Second Division||41||4
|-
|1950–51||rowspan="5"|First Division||40||4
|-
|1951–52||38||5
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|1952–53||37||6
|-
|1953–54||37||2
|-
|1954–55||33||3
316||32
316||32
|}

 International career statistics 

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|1948||1||0
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|1949||1||0
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|1950||9||0
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|1951||7||1
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|1952||7||0
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|1953||7||2
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!Total||32||3
|}

 References 

Category:1920 births
Category:1999 deaths
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:English autobiographers
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Category:English footballers
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Category:England national football team managers
Category:Sportspeople from Essex
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Association football coaches
Category:Knights Bachelor
Category:England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup
Category:England at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Category:England at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Category:1950 FIFA World Cup players