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Vic Metcalfe

Huddersfield Town AFC

 2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 7: A 3
100% successful
1951

captain: none
minutes played: 180

Timeline
  Victor Metcalfe
Birth 3 February 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [registered in Barrow-in-Furness, March 1922].
 notes: Barrow-in-Furness was not part of Cumberland registration district until 1974
Marriage to Maureen Smith [registered in Bradford, West Riding, June 1948]. Children Barbara Rose, Linda Christine, Joanne and Helen V.. They lived at Battye Avenue in Crosland Moor.
Death 6 April 2003 in Huddersfield, aged 81 years 62 days [registered in Huddersfield, April 2003].

Source

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

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy football, representing West Riding. He played with Ravensthorpe Albion FC, signing for Huddersfield Town AFC as an amateur in January 1940. It was not until December 1945 that Metcalfe was made a professional. And despite a transfer request from Newcastle United FC in December 1949, Metcalfe went onto play in 434 league matches, scoring 87 goals. He moved to Hull City AFC in June 1958, before retiring in February 1960.
Club honours None
Individual honours Football League (two appearances)
Distinctions His father played Rugby for Yorkshire.
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 0lbs [1951].

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of two who became the 704th players (705) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
First match No. 263, 9 May 1951, England 2 Argentina 1, a Festival of Britain match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 29 years 95 days.
Last match No. 264, 19 May 1951, England 5 Portugal 2, a Festival of Britain match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 29 years 105 days.
Major tournaments None
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions Only the fourth Cumbrian to represent England

Beyond England
Returned to Huddersfield Town AFC in 1961 as a Youth coach, where he remained until October 1964. Became coach and scouted for Halifax Town AFC in December 1964, where he became manager from June 1966 until November 1967. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.173.


The Numbers
parties Appearances minutes captain
2 2 180 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
2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 0 0 3.5 1.5 100 +2
both at a home venue and both friendly matches

Shirt Record

Colour P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 0 0 5.00 2.00 100.0 +1
Red 1 1 0 0 2 1 +3 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
  
Match History
  
 Club: Huddersfield Town A.F.C. - two full appearances (180 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - two full appearances (180 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 29
1 263 9 May 1951 - England 2 Argentina 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HW   11

one of two who became the 704th player (705) to appear for England.
the seventeenth Town player to represent England

2 264 19 May 1951 - England 5 Portugal 2
Goodison Park, Liverpool		 Fr HW   11
  


  

 
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