SOCCER PLAYER

Walter Winterbottom

1913 - 2002

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Sir Walter Winterbottom (31 March 1913 – 16 February 2002) was an English football player and coach. He was the first manager of the England national team (1946–1962) and Director of Coaching for The Football Association (the FA). He resigned from the FA in 1962 to become General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) and was appointed as the first director of the Sports Council in 1965. He was knighted for his services to sport in 1978 when he retired. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Winterbottom is the 4,189th most popular soccer player (down from 3,638th in 2019), the 4,542nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,101st in 2019) and the 233rd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Walter Winterbottom ranks 4,189 out of 21,273. Before him are Cristiano Lucarelli, Mohamed Elneny, Giuseppe Favalli, Arne Friedrich, Gerard Wodarz, and Thomas Meunier. After him are Marcelo Trobbiani, Jesse Carver, Alexandru Cuedan, Antonio Maceda, Mikel Merino, and Gerry Hitchens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Walter Winterbottom ranks 312. Before him are Georges Spénale, Vojtěch Bradáč, Armand Lanoux, Bertalan Papp, Jiří Weiss, and Gerard Wodarz. After him are Hilda Gobbi, Fred Agabashian, John Kitzmiller, Mary Carew, Theo Helfrich, and Claude Renoir. Among people deceased in 2002, Walter Winterbottom ranks 272. Before him are Mariya Smirnova, Ekrem Akurgal, Mikhail Krug, Neal E. Miller, Lonnie Donegan, and John Gorton. After him are Peter R. Hunt, Mary Carew, Vladimir Romashkin, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Katya Paskaleva, and Conny Vandenbos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Winterbottom ranks 4,543 out of 8,785. Before him are Robin Trower (1945), Timothy West (1934), David Octavius Hill (1802), Peter Doig (1959), Greg Wise (1966), and Pauline Collins (1940). After him are Catherine Booth (1829), Joseph Thomson (1858), Jesse Carver (1911), Gerry Hitchens (1934), Samantha Bond (1961), and Barbara Burke (1917).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Walter Winterbottom ranks 233. Before him are Bob Glendenning (1888), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Scott Brown (1985), Alan A'Court (1934), James Collins (1983), and Ivor Allchurch (1929). After him are Jesse Carver (1911), Gerry Hitchens (1934), Robbie Fowler (1975), Eddie Colman (1936), Jimmy Hogan (1882), and Gordon Strachan (1957).

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