Ray Pointer
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Pointer | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Cramlington, Northumberland, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 January 2016 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1964 | Burnley | 223 | (118) |
| 1965 | Bury | 19 | (17) |
| 1965–1966 | Coventry City | 26 | (13) |
| 1966–1972 | Portsmouth | 152 | (31) |
| 1972–1975 | Waterlooville | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 1961 | England | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was an English professional association footballer and England international who played as a striker.
He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, Bury, Coventry City, Portsmouth and Waterlooville. He won 3 England caps overall whilst at Burnley, scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win against Luxembourg. He scored in that match. His other England goal was against Portugal. He died in a nursing home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 2016.[1]
Honours
[edit]Burnley
- Football League First Division: 1959–60
- FA Cup runner-up: 1961–62[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Champion Claret Ray Pointer dies aged 79", Pendle Today, 26 January 2016
- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
External links
[edit]- Ray Pointer at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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- English men's footballers
- 1936 births
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Waterlooville F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff
- Bury F.C. non-playing staff
- England men's international footballers
- England men's under-23 international footballers
- 2016 deaths
- People from Cramlington
- Footballers from Northumberland
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- Men's association football forwards
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1930s birth stubs