Vic Buckingham

Vic Buckingham

Buckingham in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Victor Frederick Buckingham
Date of birth	(1915-10-23)23 October 1915
Place of birth	Greenwich, England
Date of death	26 January 1995(1995-01-26) (aged 79)
Place of death	Chichester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s)	Wing-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1935	Northfleet United
1935–1949	Tottenham Hotspur	204	(1)
Managerial career
1950–1951	Pegasus
1951–1953	Bradford Park Avenue
1953–1959	West Bromwich Albion
1959–1961	Ajax
1961–1964	Sheffield Wednesday
1964–1965	Ajax
1965–1968	Fulham
1968–1969	Ethnikos Piraeus
1969–1971	Barcelona
1972	Sevilla
1973–1975	Ethnikos Piraeus
1975–1976	Olympiacos
1979–1980	Rodos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Victor Frederick Buckingham (23 October 1915 – 26 January 1995) was an English football player and manager.

He played for Second Division side Tottenham Hotspur. As manager he won the 1954 FA Cup final with West Bromwich Albion and finished runners-up in the First Division. He had two periods as manager of Ajax, leading the side to the Dutch Championship of 1960. In 1964, Johan Cruyff made his league debut under him.

In 1971, Buckingham's Barcelona side finished as league runners-up and won the Spanish Cup. He also held manager positions with Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday and in Greece. Buckingham is considered to have been a pioneer of the footballing philosophy known as Total Football, later further developed by his protégé Johan Cruyff.