Vic Rouse (footballer, born 1936)

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Vic Rouse
Personal information
Full name Raymond Victor Rouse
Date of birth (1936-03-16) 16 March 1936 (age 87)
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
– Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total361(0)
International career
1959 Wales 1 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1972 Atlanta Chiefs
1972–xxxx Metropolitan Police
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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Career

Playing career

Born in Swansea, Rouse played in the English 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. [3] [5]

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 338. ISBN   0907969542.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 86. ISBN   0907969542.
  4. ↑ "Player profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Quirky Facts". Goalkeepers Are Different. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Player profile". Crystal Palace F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2013.


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