Terry Medwin
Personal information
Full name Terence Cameron Medwin[1]
Date of birth (1932-09-25) 25 September 1932
Place of birth Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Position(s) Outside-right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1956 Swansea Town 148 (60)
1956–1963 Tottenham Hotspur 197 (65)
Total 345 (125)
International career
1953–1963 Wales 30 (6)
Managerial career
1965-1967 Cheshunt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Cameron Medwin (born 25 September 1932 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a winger.[2]

Club career

Medwin made his debut for his 'home town' team Swansea Town in 1951–52 and went on to make 148 Football League appearances for the Swans.

Medwin moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £25,000 in May 1956. He scored twice on his debut in a 4–1 victory over Preston North End at Deepdale in August 1956.[3] And Medwin played for Spurs until 1963 when a broken leg forced his early retirement. During this period he scored 72 goals in 215 matches in all competitions and helped the club win the Double in 1960–61, and he also appeared for them in the victorious 1962 FA Cup Final.[4]

International career

Medwin represented Wales in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring the game-winning goal in the first round play-off which sent Wales to the quarter-finals. He was the last player to score for Wales in the finals of a major tournament, until Gareth Bale scored in Wales' opening game of UEFA Euro 2016.[5] In total he earned 30 caps and scored 6 goals for Wales[2] from 1953 to 1963.

After retirement

After his playing career ended, Medwin managed Cheshunt,[6] coached at Cardiff City, Fulham, Norwich City and was assistant manager to John Toshack at Swansea.[4] In 1971, he was the trainer of a Wales XI side that toured Asia and Oceania, and which was managed by Dave Bowen.[1]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. 1 2 Wales XI tour of Asia and Oceania 1971 - squad and results at RSSSSF
  2. 1 2 Terry Medwin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  3. ↑ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".
  4. 1 2 Profile at Spurs webpage
  5. ↑ "Euro 2016: Wales 2 Slovakia 1". South Wales Argus. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. ↑ History Cheshunt F.C.
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