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Alf Ramsey

English footballer and manager who led England to their only World Cup win in 1966.

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Alf Ramsey is best known for Managing England to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. On Dead or Alive, Alf Ramsey is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Alf Ramsey is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Managing England to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Alf Ramsey

Knighted in 1967 in recognition of the World Cup win, Ramsey also managed his country to third place in the 1968 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 European Championship. As a player, Ramsey was a defender and a member of England's 1950 World Cup squad. He showed sporting promise from an early age and, after serving in the British Army during the Second World War, embarked on a football career, primarily as a right-back. He was considered a rather slow but accomplished player with a tremendous grasp of the tactical side of the game. Nicknamed "The General", he played for England 32 times between 1948 and 1953, captaining the side three times, scoring three times and appearing in the 1950 World Cup. He played his club football for Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur and was part of the Tottenham side that won the English League championship in the 1950–51 season. Ipswich rose through the divisions over the next six years, winning the Third Division South in 1956–57 and the Second Division in 1960–61. In the 1961–62 season, Ipswich's first campaign in the top division, Ramsey's team defied expectations to become champions of England. Ramsey took charge of the England team a year later.

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