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George Raynor

1907 - 1985

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George Sidney Raynor (13 January 1907 – 24 November 1985) was an English professional footballer and manager. One of his greatest achievements was taking the Sweden men's national football team to a World Cup final, and he also managed them to an Olympic gold medal. Before the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he was the only Englishman to take a national team to a final of a World Cup. His World Cup campaign with Sweden is the best result ever for a non-national manager in the history of the tournament, along with Austrian Ernst Happel's second place with Netherlands in 1978, twenty years after Raynor's. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Raynor is the 221st most popular coach (down from 164th in 2024), the 3,923rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,636th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, George Raynor ranks 219 out of 471. Before him are Faouzi Benzarti, Juan Manuel Lillo, Ľubomír Moravčík, and Claude Puel. After him are Antoninho, Omar Borrás, Karel Petrů, Jean-Louis Gasset, Nelo Vingada, Marco Rossi, Leonardo Jardim, and Viorel Moldovan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, George Raynor ranks 291. Before him are Hassler Whitney, Dan Duryea, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Roderich Menzel, Raúl Silva Henríquez, and Alain Daniélou. After him are Hagigat Rzayeva, Adalbert Steiner, László Szollás, Kinue Hitomi, José Bustamante, and Dionisio Mejía. Among people deceased in 1985, George Raynor ranks 194. Before him are Taylor Caldwell, George London, Myrtle Cook, Harald Cramér, Hua Luogeng, and Ruth Orkin. After him are Ilka Gedő, Georges Verriest, Efrem Zimbalist, Harry Hopman, Jack Medica, and Josef Smistik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Raynor ranks 3,923 out of 8,785. Before him are Hilda of Whitby (614), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Dennis Brain (1921), and Geoff Nicholls (1948). After him are Jenny Agutter (1952), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Victor d'Arcy (1887), David Dunbar Buick (1854), Andy Bown (1946), Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), and Ian Hunter (1939).

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Among COACHES In United Kingdom

Among coaches born in United Kingdom, George Raynor ranks 8. Before him are Matt Busby (1909), Roy Hodgson (1947), Bill Shankly (1913), David Moyes (1963), Harry Redknapp (1947), and Gareth Southgate (1970). After him are Dean Smith (1971), Brendan Rodgers (1973), Bob Houghton (1947), Steve McClaren (1961), Steve Cooper (1979), and Ernest Mangnall (1866).

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