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Eddie Clamp

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

4 appearances, 0 goals

P 4 W 0 D 4 L 0 F 5: A 5
50% successful

1958

captain: none
minutes played:
360

Timeline

  Harold Edwin Clamp
Birth 14 September 1934 in Coalville, Leicestershire [registered as Harold E., in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, December 1934].
"He was born 20 yards from the house where a boyhood idol, Hughie Adcock, lived."
First marriage to June Latham [registered as Harold E., in Wolverhampton, December 1955]
Second marriage to Patricia V. Fox [registered as Edwin H., in Wolverhampton, March 1973]
Death 14 December 1995 in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, aged 61 years 91 days [registered as Edwin H., in Wolverhampton, December 1995].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies x
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s) played for Wolverhampton Wanderers 1952-61, Arsenal 1961-62, Stoke City 1962-64, Peterborough United 1964-65; Then Worcester City FC and Lower Gornal FC, retiring in 1969.
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 5' 11", 11st. 10lbs [1958].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of three who became the 768th players (770) to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
First match No. 321, 18 May 1958, USSR 1 England 1, a pre-World Cup Finals warm-up tour match at Lenin Stadium, Moskva, aged 23 years 246 days.
Last match No. 324, 15 June 1958, Austria 2 England 2, a World Cup Finals group match at Ryavallen Stadion, Idrottsgatan, Borås, aged 23 years 274 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958;
Team honours None
Individual honours England Schoolboy (five appearances, 1949-50)
England under 23 (reserve 1958)
Distinctions The seventh Leicestershirian to represent England

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps reserve minutes captain
2 4 3 one 360 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
4 0 4 0 5 5 =0 1 1 1.25 1.25 50 =0

Venue & Competition Record

Venue & Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away venue
Friendly match
1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Neutral venue
World Cup Finals
3 0 3 0 4 4 =0 0 0 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0

Tournament Record

World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1958 3 0 3 0 4 4 =0 0 0 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0
WCF All 3 0 3 0 4 4 =0 0 0 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 3 0 3 0 4 4 =0 0 0 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0
3 0 3 0 4 4 =0 0 0 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0

Match History

Age 22 under 23  
reserve  - Wales April 1958

 Club: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - four full appearances (360 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - four full appearances (360 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley
tour
HW party member
320 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd AL reserve
1 321 18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1
Lenin Stadium, Moskva
AD   4

one of three who became the 768th player (770) to appear for England.
the 26th Wolverhampton Wanderers player to represent England

 
WCF
right half 4x
2 322 8 June 1958 - England 2 USSR 2
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
ND  
3 323 11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
ND  
4 324 15 June 1958 - Austria 2 England 2
Ryavallen Stadion, Borås
ND  
325 17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg NL party member
  


  

 
 
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