SOCCER PLAYER

Ron Springett

1935 - 2015

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Ronald Deryk George Springett (22 July 1935 – 12 September 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career with QPR in 1953 where he made 147 appearances over two spells. He had a nine-year spell with Sheffield Wednesday between 1958 and 1967 and amassed 384 appearances for them before returning to QPR to finish his career. He earned 33 caps for England between 1959 and 1966 and was part of the squad that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Springett is the 6,624th most popular soccer player (down from 6,096th in 2019), the 5,882nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,569th in 2019) and the 386th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ron Springett ranks 6,624 out of 21,273Before him are Mariano Andújar, Younès Belhanda, Naoki Mihara, Takayuki Suzuki, Trevor Ford, and Ștefan Radu. After him are Javad Nekounam, Mattias Jonson, Ulrich van Gobbel, Nicolás Gaitán, Miguel Ángel Neira, and Sota Kasahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ron Springett ranks 519Before him are Jim Bolger, Michael Jayston, Trevor Blokdyk, Laurent Robuschi, John Spencer, and Jon Henricks. After him are Usha Mangeshkar, Dorothy Provine, Erich Kunzel, Eddie Hopkinson, Kofi Awoonor, and Irma P. Hall. Among people deceased in 2015, Ron Springett ranks 501Before him are Peter Kern, Jonathan Crombie, Kim Fowley, Mal Whitfield, Walter Browne, and Alan Hodgkinson. After him are Zhivko Gospodinov, Justin Wilson, Wilfred Agbonavbare, Peter Pišťanek, Wolfram Wuttke, and Muath Al-Kasasbeh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Springett ranks 5,884 out of 8,785Before him are Amelia Warner (1982), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Vince Cable (1943), Trevor Ford (1923), Leona Lewis (1985), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912). After him are David O'Hara (1965), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Keiran Lee (1984), Oliver James (1980), Bill McGarry (1927), and Naomi Mitchison (1897).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ron Springett ranks 386Before him are Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), George Moorhouse (1901), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Tony Cascarino (1962), Jackie Henderson (1932), and Trevor Ford (1923). After him are Bill McGarry (1927), John Stones (1994), Laurie Scott (1917), Malcolm Allison (1927), Peter Broadbent (1933), and Eddie Hopkinson (1935).