 George Raynor | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Sidney Raynor | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Hoyland Common, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 November 1985 (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 | |||
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 men's 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.
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, twenty years after Raynor's.[6]
- ^ "Bury. Overdraft to strengthen team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ian Chadband (7 May 2002). "Sweden, Skegness and the 'first' Sven". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "George Raynor, the greatest coach that English football turned its back on". The Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ Murray, Scott (16 March 2012). "Joy of Six: British and Irish managers in Europe". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "The Englishman who took Sweden to the World Cup Final". Thelocal.se. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Nenhuma seleção ganhou uma Copa do Mundo com um técnico estrangeiro" [No team has won a World Cup with a foreign manager]. Goal.com Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.