SOCCER PLAYER

Alf Ramsey

1920 - 1999

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Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager from 1963 to 1974, which included guiding them to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Knighted in 1967 in recognition of the World Cup win, Ramsey also managed his country to third place in the 1968 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 European Championship. As a player, Ramsey was a defender and a member of England's 1950 World Cup squad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alf Ramsey is the 896th most popular soccer player (down from 745th in 2019), the 1,952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,611th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alf Ramsey ranks 896 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan José Nogués, Raí, Romelu Lukaku, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Miklós Fehér, and Eduard Streltsov. After him are Lionel Scaloni, Søren Lerby, James Rodríguez, Tsutomu Sonobe, Lamine Yamal, and José Luis Mendilibar.

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Among people born in 1920, Alf Ramsey ranks 141. Before him are Marie Tharp, Andrew V. McLaglen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Richard Adams, Thomas Gold, and Dick Francis. After him are John Maynard Smith, Paik Sun-yup, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Thomas Szasz, and Michael Anderson. Among people deceased in 1999, Alf Ramsey ranks 83. Before him are Alfredo Kraus, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, András Hegedüs, Pierre Clémenti, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Sebastian Haffner. After him are Ilmari Juutilainen, Saul Steinberg, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Yuri Knorozov, Roy Chiao, and Sylvia Sidney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alf Ramsey ranks 1,952 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Gray (1716), John O. Westwood (1805), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), and Patricia Hayes (1909). After him are Paul Bettany (1971), Thomas Tew (1649), Thom Yorke (1968), Gary Brooker (1945), Dan McCafferty (1946), and Robert T. A. Innes (1861).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alf Ramsey ranks 55. Before him are Allan Clarke (1946), Paul McGrath (1959), Terry Cooper (1944), Brian Clough (1935), Tommy Smith (1945), and Peter Taylor (1928). After him are Wayne Rooney (1985), Ian Callaghan (1942), Alan Smith (1980), Paul Gascoigne (1967), Ian St John (1938), and Jack Charlton (1935).

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