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Great Sporting Moments |
| 1950 saw the start of the 'World Cup' for England. Not a very auspicious start as England got knocked out. Beaten by America!!!!!!! One of the best teams ever fielded, the bookies favourite, and still we lost. |
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The Great Billy Wright
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Joe Mercer (Arsenal) was voted footballer of the year 1950 |
| England World Cup Squad- Brazil 1950 | |||||
| Position | Name | Club | Age | Caps | Goals |
| Goal Keepers | Ted Ditchburn | Tottenham | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Williams | Wolves | 28 | 7 | 0 | |
| Full Backs | Jack Aston | Manchester Utd | 28 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Eckersly | Blackburn | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alf Ramsey | Tottenham | 30 | 5 | 0 | |
| Laurie Scott | Arsenal | 33 | 17 | 0 | |
| Half Backs | Jimmy Dickenson | Portsmouth | 25 | 7 | 0 |
| Laurie Hughes | Liverpool | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Nicholson | Tottenham | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Watson | Sunderland | 30 | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Wright (C) | Wolves | 26 | 29 | 2 | |
| Forwards | Eddie Bailey | Tottenham | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Bentley | Chelsea | 27 | 4 | 2 | |
| Henry Cockburn | Manchester Utd | 27 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tom Finney | Preston | 28 | 25 | 18 | |
| Wilf Mannion | Middlesbrough | 32 | 19 | 9 | |
| Stanley Matthews | Blackpool | 35 | 30 | 10 | |
| Jackie Milburn | Newcastle | 26 | 7 | 6 | |
| Stan Mortensen | Blackpool | 29 | 18 | 15 | |
| Jimmy Mullen | Wolves | 27 | 5 | 2 | |
| Jim Taylor | Fulham | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| With a line up like that we should have walked the event..... Look at the ages of some of the team. Today when a player reaches 20 he is ready to retire, write his memoirs and appear on 'This Is Your Life'. |