George Raynor
George Sidney Raynor (13 January 1907 – 24 November 1985) was an English professional footballer and one of the most successful international football managers ever. One of his greatest achievements was taking the Sweden national football team to a World Cup final, and he also managed them to an Olympic gold medal. Before the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he was the only Englishman to take a national team to a final of a World Cup.
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George Raynor | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Sidney Raynor | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Hoyland Common, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 November 1985 (aged 78) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Elsecar Bible Class | |||
| Mexborough Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1929–1930 | Wombwell | ||
| 1930–1931 | Sheffield United | ||
| 1932–1933 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 1933–1935 | Rotherham United | ||
| 1935–1938 | Bury | ||
| 1938–1939 | Aldershot | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1943–1945 | Iraq XI | ||
| 1945–1946 | Aldershot Reserves | ||
| 1946–1954 | Sweden | ||
| 1947–1948 | GAIS | ||
| 1948–1952 | AIK | ||
| 1952–1954 | Åtvidaberg | ||
| 1954 | Juventus | ||
| 1954–1955 | Lazio | ||
| 1956 | Coventry City | ||
| 1956–1958 | Sweden | ||
| 1958–1960 | Skegness Town | ||
| 1960 | Djurgården | ||
| 1961 | Sweden | ||
| 1967–1968 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His World Cup campaign with Sweden is the best result ever for a non-national manager in the history of the tournament, along with Austrian Ernst Happel's second place with Netherlands in 1978 FIFA World Cup, twenty years after Raynor's.
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