Alf Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As England manager from 1963 to 1974, he guided them to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Knighted in 1967, he also managed his country to third place in the 1968 European Championship and the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 European Championship. As a player, he was a defender and a member of England's 1950 World Cup squad, and a part of the Tottenham Hotspur side that won the English League championship in the 1950–51 season. A statue of Ramsey was dedicated at the reconstructed Wembley Stadium in 2009, and various honours have been afforded to him for his eight years as Ipswich Town manager. He is the first person to be inducted twice into the English Football Hall of Fame: in 2002 in recognition of his achievements as a manager, and again in 2010 for his achievements as a player. He remains widely regarded as one of British football's all-time great managers.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
About 1,300 miles (2,100 km) west of Tahiti, Fletcher Christian, acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander, William Bligh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty
1923:
The 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day (crowd and police pictured) of the Empire Stadium in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_FA_Cup_Final
2008:
The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, the building with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_%28Chicago%29
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bounty: 1. (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity. 2. (countable) Something given liberally; a gift. 3. (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. 4. (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance. 5. (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein. 6. (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounty
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he. --Karl Kraus https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Kraus