Vic Rouse (footballer, born 1936)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raymond Victor Rouse | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1954–1956 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
1956–1963 | Crystal Palace | 238 | (0) |
1963 | Northampton Town | 0 | (0) |
1963–1965 | Oxford United | 22 | (0) |
1965–1967 | Leyton Orient | 40 | (0) |
1967–1972 | Atlanta Chiefs | 61 | (0) |
Total | 361 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1959 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1969–1972 | Atlanta Chiefs | ||
1972–xxxx | Metropolitan Police | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Raymond Victor "Vic" Rouse[1] (born 16 March 1936) is a Welsh former footballer and coach. Rouse played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper, before becoming a football manager.
Career
Playing career
Born in Swansea, Rouse played in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Oxford United and Leyton Orient.[2] He was also a player with Millwall (as an amateur)[3] and Northampton Town without making a League appearance for either club. Rouse later played in the North American Soccer League for the Atlanta Chiefs.[4]
Rouse earned one cap at full international level for Wales.[2] Rouse became the first ever international player from the old Fourth Division when he appeared in 1959.[5][3]
Coaching career
Rouse was player-manager of the Chiefs between 1969 and 1972. After retiring as a player in 1972, he returned to England to become manager of Metropolitan Police.[2] He was still managing Metropolitan Police as of 1982.[6]
References
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 338. ISBN 0907969542.
- 1 2 3 "Player profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 86. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ "Player profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ↑ "Quirky Facts". Goalkeepers Are Different. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ↑ "Player profile". Crystal Palace F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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