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Ray
Crawford |
Ipswich Town FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D 1 L 0 F 4:
A 2
75% successful
1961-62
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Raymond Crawford |
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Born |
13 July 1936 in Portsmouth, Hampshire [registered in
Portsmouth, September 1936]. |
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Married |
to Eileen N. Inkpen [registered in
Portsmouth, June 1958]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 11st.
10lbs [1962]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Curse of the
Jungle Boy - Ray Crawford with Michael Wood (PB Publishing 2007) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Portsmouth. Joining Portsmouth FC as an amateur in June
1954, turning professional the following December.
After just nineteen league appearances, and
nine goals, Ipswich Town FC signed Crawford in September 1958 for £6000.
He made 197 league appearances and scored an astonishing 143 goals.
Joined Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in September 1963 for £42,000,
for another 57 league appearances and another
39 goals. West Bromwich Albion FC signed Crawford in February 1965
for £35,000. But after only six goals in
fourteen league matches, he returned to Ipswich Town FC in March
1966 for £15,000 and made another 123
league appearances, and scored 61 goals. Charlton Athletic FC took
him in £12,500 for 21 league matches and
seven goals. Kettering Town FC later on in the year, in October,
signed him. In June 1970, Colchester United FC paid £3000 and
he subsequently scored 24 goals in 45 league appearances. Joined
Durban City FC in South Africa from August to October 1971. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division
Two winners 1960-61, 1967-68; Football
League Champions 1961-62; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(three appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became the 800th
players (801) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 354,
22 November 1961,
England 1 Northern Ireland 1, a British
Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
25 years
132 days. |
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Last match |
No. 355,
4 April 1962, England 3 Austria 1,
a friendly match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
25 years 265 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1961-62; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Crawford appeared for the
Malayan national team in 1956, making one official appearance and at least
two unofficial appearances. |
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Distinctions |
The fourteenth
Hampshirian to represent England. |
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Crawford is also the Patron of
Football For Cancer |
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Beyond England |
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Became the youth coach of Brighton &
Hove Albion when he returned, but left when Brian Clough became the
manager, later having spells at Eden FC in New Zealand and as Youth coach
at Portsmouth FC in the mid-1970's, finally leaving again in 1978. Later
managed Fareham Town FC and Winchester City FC, finally retiring in 1984,
who became the a merchandising representative. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.78. |
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Ray Crawford - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Ray Crawford
- Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home
- White |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Ray Crawford
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Ray Crawford
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1961-62 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Ray Crawford
- Match History |
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Club: Ipswich
Town F.C. - 2 full appearances |
manager: Walter Winterbottom - 2
full capsx
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Age 25 |
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1 |
354 |
22 November 1961
-
England 1 Northern
Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
Start |
9 |
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2 |
355 |
4 April 1962 - England 3 Austria 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start
8 |
9 |
Notes
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