youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
kensington boys arsenal 1967-1970 1971-1973 kensington boys arsenal dallas tornado 3 67 29 0 7 1 london , england striker 15 october 1944 ray bloomfield
 ray bloomfield
ray bloomfield

raymond george `` ray '' bloomfield -lrb- born 15 october 1944 in kensington , london -rrb- is an english former professional footballer who played in the football league as a forward for aston villa , in the national professional soccer league for the atlanta chiefs , and in the north american soccer league for atlanta and the dallas tornado .
he is the younger nephew of footballer jimmy bloomfield .
as a young player he represented england at schoolboy level , where he played alongside david pleat , barry fry and ron harris , and at youth level .
in the 1960s and early 1970s he was on the books of arsenal , but never played a senior competitive match .
in august 1964 , bloomfield signed with aston villa , where he played three league matches before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent 8 november 1966 .
in 1967 , he moved to the united states to play for the atlanta chiefs , first in the national professional soccer league and then in the north american soccer league .
he won two nasl championships , in 1968 with atlanta and in 1971 with the dallas tornado , where he ended his professional playing career .
he later became a players ' agent .
