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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald Greenwood[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Worsthorne, England | ||
Date of death | 9 February 2006[1] | (aged 84)||
Place of death | Sudbury, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Chelsea | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1949 | Bradford Park Avenue | 59 | (0) |
1949–1952 | Brentford | 142 | (1) |
1952–1955 | Chelsea | 65 | (0) |
1955–1956 | Fulham | 42 | (0) |
Total | 308 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1952 | England B | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1961–1974 | West Ham United | ||
1977–1982 | England | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ronald Greenwood CBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager. He is best known for being manager of the England national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for 13 years, a time during which the club gained much of its fame.