George Raynor
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George Sidney Raynor (13 January 1907 – 24 November 1985) was an English professional footballer and one of the most successful international football managers ever. One of his greatest achievements was taking the Sweden national football team to a World Cup final, and he also managed them to an Olympic gold medal.[2][3][4] [5] Before the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he was the only Englishman to take a national team to a final of a World Cup.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Sidney Raynor | ||
Date of birth | (1907-01-13)13 January 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Hoyland Common, England | ||
Date of death | 24 November 1985(1985-11-24) (aged 78) | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Elsecar Bible Class | |||
Mexborough Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1930 | Wombwell | ||
1930–1931 | Sheffield United | ||
1932–1933 | Mansfield Town | ||
1933–1935 | Rotherham United | ||
1935–1938 | Bury | ||
1938–1939 | Aldershot | ||
Managerial career | |||
1943–1945 | Iraq XI | ||
1945–1946 | Aldershot Reserves | ||
1946–1954 | Sweden | ||
1947–1948 | GAIS | ||
1948–1952 | AIK | ||
1952–1954 | Åtvidaberg | ||
1954 | Juventus | ||
1954–1955 | Lazio | ||
1956 | Coventry City | ||
1956–1958 | Sweden | ||
1958–1960 | Skegness Town | ||
1960 | Djurgården | ||
1961 | Sweden | ||
1967–1968 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 FIFA World Cup, twenty years after Raynor's.[6]