Ray Pointer
Appearance
This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(January 2016) |
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 professionalassociation footballerandEnglandinternational who played as astriker.
He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing forBurnley,Bury,Coventry City,PortsmouthandWaterlooville.He won 3 England caps overall whilst atBurnley,scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win againstLuxembourg.He scored in that match. His other England goal was againstPortugal.He died in a nursing home inBlackpool,Lancashire,in 2016.[1]
Honours
[edit]Burnley
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.ISBN0354 09018 6.
External links
[edit]- Ray Pointerat Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 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
- English football forward, 1930s birth stubs