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| Full name | Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1932-02-28)28 February 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 September 2005(2005-09-08) (aged 73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Peterborough, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Western Rovers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Cork Athletic | ? | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1960 | West Ham United | 248 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1967 | Manchester United | 123 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 371 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1967 | Republic of Ireland | 36 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1972 | Coventry City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1977 | Peterborough United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | New England Tea Men | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Jacksonville Tea Men | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Peterborough United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell (28 February 1932 – 8 September 2005) was an Irishfootball player and sometimecricketer.
Cantwell was born inCork, Ireland, and was educated at the Roman Catholic Presentation Brothers College in Cork. Cantwell played as afull-back for Western Rovers,Cork Athletic,West Ham United, andManchester United.
While at West Ham, he featured in theLondon XI side that competed in the 1955–58Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final on 1 May 1958. He captained the Hammers to winning the Division Two championship in the 1957–58 season, thereby leading the club into the top flight for the first time since 1932.
In November 1960, Cantwell joinedManchester United for £29,500 which at the time was a record for a full back.[1] He helped the club win the 1965 and 1967 league titles and captained United when winning the1963 FA Cup Final – just as his fellow countrymanJohnny Carey had done in United's previousFA Cup win15 years earlier.[2]
He also served as Chairman of theProfessional Footballers' Association.
Cantwell won 36 full International caps for theRepublic of Ireland (typically playing at left full back and on several occasions at centre forward) and he made his debut againstLuxembourg in October 1953; his final appearance coming away toTurkey in February 1967.[3] He scored 14 goals including 5 from penalties and also captained the Republic on several occasions including a match againstEngland atWembley.[4]
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In his first managerial role atCoventry City Cantwell had the onerous task of followingJimmy Hill who had taken the club into theFirst Division for the first time in their history. Cantwell narrowly kept the Sky Blues in the top in his first two seasons before taking them to a sixth-place finish in1969–70, earning them qualification for theInter-Cities Fairs Cup (a year before it was replaced by theUEFA Cup).
He departed fromHighfield Road on 12 March 1972, but within seven months was back inEnglish football as manager ofPeterborough United.
He helped Peterborough win theFourth Division title in his first full season as manager, before leaving on 10 May 1977 to manage theNew England Tea Men.
He returned to Peterborough on 19 November 1986 for a second spell as manager, remaining in this role until he became general manager on 12 July 1988. He was a general manager atLondon Road for a year until he quit football to becomelicensee of the New Inn at Peterborough, where he remained for 10 years until he retired in 1999. He also was landlord of the Bull and Swan in Stamford,Lincolnshire.
Cantwell also played cricket for Cork Bohemians Cricket Club andIreland as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He played five times for Ireland[5] making his debut in what was his solefirst-class match[6] versusScotland atEdinburgh in 1956, scoring 31 and 17.[7] His last match for Ireland was againstLancashire in July 1959.[5]
Cantwell died on 8 September 2005 from cancer aged 73.[8] He left a widow Maggie and two children.[9]
His former teams each held a minute's silence for him before their next matches.[10][11][12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 25 November 1956 | Dalymount Park,Dublin, Ireland |  West Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 15 October 1958 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Poland | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 2–2 | |||||
| 4 | 5 April 1959 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
| 5 | 30 March 1960 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Chile | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 April 1962 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Austria | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 7 | 12 August 1962 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Iceland | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
| 8 | 4–1 | |||||
| 9 | 9 June 1963 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Scotland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 13 October 1963 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Austria | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
| 11 | 3–2 | |||||
| 12 | 25 May 1966 | Stade Maurice Dufrasne,Liège, Belgium |  Belgium | 1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 13 | 2–2 | |||||
| 14 | 22 February 1967 | 19 Mayıs Stadium,Ankara, Turkey |  Turkey | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying |
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