Tony Waiters

Anthony Keith Waiters (1 February 1937 – 5 November 2020) was an English footballer and manager. As a player, he mainly played as a goalkeeper for Blackpool between 1959 and 1967. He was capped five times for England in 1964, and was considered for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but he did not make the team.

After retiring, he became a manager. He managed Plymouth Argyle between 1972 and 1977, and the Vancouver Whitecaps between 1977 and 1979. While at the Whitecaps, he won the Soccer Bowl '79 against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. In 1981, he became the manager of Canada. He notably managed Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He would return to manage Canada between 1990 and 1991.

Waiters died on 5 November 2020, aged 83, of complications from pneumonia. Because it took a few days for his death to be made public, some sources accidentally report his date of death as 10 November.

References

Other websites
Waiters' official website 
England profile 
 / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame

Category:1937 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:English association football goalkeepers
Category:English football managers
Category:Sportspeople from Merseyside
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Burnley F.C. players
Category:Association football coaches