death_date manageryears birth_date years death_place youthyears caps goals image name caption fullname birth_place height youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
2 may 2011 1966 1974 -- 1979 1979 -- 1980 1980 -- 1982 1985 -- 1987 -- 1988 1989 -- 1992 1992 -- 1997 1997 1968 -- 1999 1999 -- 2000 2007 -- 2011 1968 -- 1970 1973 -- 1974 3 january 1935 1947 1958 -- 1964 1964 -- 1966 -- 1952 1955 -- 1956 1956 -- 1958 johannesburg , south africa 1947 -- 1952 20 12 31 143 9 2 12 5 eddie lewis.jpg eddie lewis lewis with manchester united edward lewis manchester , england 5 11 manchester united manchester orient folkestone town united preston north end west ham united leyton centre-forward full-back clapton stars kaizer chiefs giant blackpool moroka swallows d'alberton callies manning ford rangers amazulu moroka swallows -lrb- technical advisor -rrb- sports kaizer chiefs wits kaizer chiefs computer eddie lewis -lrb- english footballer -rrb-

eddie lewis -lrb- english footballer -rrb-

edward `` eddie '' lewis -lrb- 3 january 1935 -- 2 may 2011 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as a centre-forward and later as a full-back .
born in manchester , he played for goslings before joining the now-famous manchester united junior athletic club -lrb- mujac -rrb- .
he made his debut for manchester united in 1952 , but struggled to nail down a regular place in the starting xi and was sold to preston north end in 1955 .
a year later , he transferred to west ham united , with frank o'farrell moving in the opposite direction .
in 1958 , he was part of the west ham team that finished on top of the second division before joining leyton orient .
at leyton orient , lewis was converted from his former position at centre-forward to become the team 's regular left-back , and he was part of the team that was promoted to the first division in 1962 and relegated just a year later .
in may 1964 , lewis joined folkestone town , before embarking on a short managerial career with clapton and ford sports .
in 1970 , lewis emigrated to south africa , where he was involved in coaching several sides , including wits university , kaizer chiefs and moroka swallows .
he also worked as an analyst for supersport .
he contracted cancer in his later years and died in may 2011 .
