Walter Winterbottom
Football, Football player
1913 – 2002
Who was Walter Winterbottom?
Sir Walter Winterbottom CBE was the first manager of the England football team and FA Director of Coaching. He resigned from the FA in 1962 to become General Secretary of the Central Council of Recreation and was appointed as the first Director of the Sports Council in 1965. He was knighted for his services to sport in 1978 when he retired. The Football Association marked the 100th anniversary of Winterbottom’s birth by commissioning a bust which was unveiled by Roy Hodgson at St Georges Park on 23 April 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of English football.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1913
Oldham - Also known as
- Уинтерботтом, Уолтер
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- University of Chester
- Lived in
- Oldham
- Died
- Feb 16, 2002
Guildford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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