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Ramon (Ray) Wilson MBE was a footballer who played at left back for Huddersfield Town, Everton and England. Wilson became an apprentice railwayman on leaving school but was spotted playing amateur football by a scout at Huddersfield Town. He began a combination of working on the tracks by night and training with Huddersfield by day, before being called up for National Service. Quickly singled out as a strong and nippy left back with good overlapping skills by Huddersfield manager Bill Shankly, Wilson signed professional forms with Huddersfield after his two-year army posting and made his debut in 1955 in a game versus Manchester United. Two years later he was Huddersfield's established, first-choice left back. In April 1960, Wilson won his first cap for England. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. To date Wilson remains as Huddersfield's most-capped England international.  |
