Tony Waiters

Tony Waiters
Waiters (right) about to shake hands with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Personal information
Full name Anthony Keith Waiters
Date of birth (1937-02-01)1 February 1937
Place of birth Southport, England
Date of death 5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 83)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Bishop Auckland
1958–1959 Macclesfield Town 11 (0)
1959–1967 Blackpool 257 (0)
1970–1972 Burnley 38 (0)
Total 306 (0)
International career
1964 England 5 (0)
Managerial career
1972–1977 Plymouth Argyle
1977–1979 Vancouver Whitecaps
1981–1986 Canada
1990–1991 Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Keith Waiters (1 February 1937 – 10 November 2020) was an English footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for Blackpool, Burnley, and the England national team. He was the manager of Canada when they played at the 1986 World Cup[1][2]

Waiters died on 10 November 2020, aged 83.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance - Sportsnet.ca". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. ↑ "Canada's World Cup Coach Struggles to Put Together a Winning Soccer Team". Los Angeles Times. 11 May 1986.
  3. ↑ "Former Plymouth Argyle manager Tony Waiters passes away aged 83". Plymouth Live. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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