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Ray King Port Vale FC

uncapped
1954

Timeline

  Raymond King
Birth 15 August 1924 in Radcliffe, Northumberland [registered in Alnwick, September 1924]
   
Marriage to Norma J. Clapperton [registered in Northumberland North, December 1949]
Death 19 July 2014 in Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand
Source

Playing Career

Club(s)  
Club honours  
Individual honours  
Distinctions  
Height/Weight  

England Career

Player number did not appear for England.
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1954 (provisional)
Team honours None
Individual honours England B (one appearance, May 1958)
Distinctions  

Beyond England

 


The Numbers
Parties unused
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Match History
 
 Club: Port Vale F.C. - no full appearances manager: Walter Winterbottom - no full appearancesx

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Age 29
286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL unused sub
B  
party member - Yugoslavia 16 May 1954
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest   AL party member
B  
one appearance - Switzerland 23 May 1954
1 May 1954 was the date set by FIFA for a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be selected for each country's World Cup party. England's list appeared on 22 April 1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. 18 were destined not to make the final cut, including Ray King.
  

B  
unused substitute - Yugoslavia October 1955, Switzerland March 1956


  


 
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