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Vic
Metcalfe |
Huddersfield
Town AFC
2 caps, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D
0 L 0 F 7: A 3
100% successful
1951
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Victor Metcalfe |
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Born |
3 February 1922
in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland [registered in
Barrow-in-Furness, March 1922]. |
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Married |
to Maureen Smith
[registered in Bradford, West
Riding, June 1948]. |
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Died |
6 April 2003,
aged
81 years 62 days
[registered in Huddersfield, April 2003]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
0lbs [1951]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football, representing West Riding. He played with
Ravensthorpe Albion FC, signing for Huddersfield Town AFC as an amateur in
January 1940. It was not until December 1945 that Metcalfe was made a
professional. He went onto play 434 league matches, scoring 87
goals. He moved to Hull City AFC in June 1958, before retiring in February
1960. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
His father played Rugby for Yorkshire. |
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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 |
705th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 263,
9 May 1951,
England 2
Argentina
1,
a Festival of Britain match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
29 years
95 days. |
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Last match |
No. 264,
19 May 1951, England 5
Portugal 2,
a Festival of
Britain match at
Goodison Park, Liverpool, aged
29 years 105 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Returned to Huddersfield Town AFC in
1961 as a Youth coach, where he remained until October 1964. Became coach
and scouted for Halifax Town AFC in December 1964, where he became manager
from June 1966 until November 1967. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.173. |
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Vic Metcalfe - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Vic Metcalfe
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home
- White - Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Vic Metcalfe
- Match History |
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Club: Huddersfield
Town A.F.C. - 2 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 2
full capsx
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Age 29 |
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1 |
263 |
9 May 1951 -
England 2
Argentina
1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
7 |
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2 |
264 |
19 May 1951 -
England
5
Portugal 2,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
7 |
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