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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Cameron Medwin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1932-09-25)25 September 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea,Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1 May 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 91) | ||
| Position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1956 | Swansea Town | 147 | (57) |
| 1956–1963 | Tottenham Hotspur | 197 | (65) |
| Total | 344 | (122) | |
| International career | |||
| 1953–1963 | Wales | 30 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1965–1967 | Cheshunt | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Terence Cameron Medwin (25 September 1932 – 1 May 2024) was a Welshfootballer who played as anoutside right forSwansea Town andTottenham Hotspur.[2] At international level, he made 30 appearances for theWales national team scoring six goals.
Terry Medwin's father was a warden who worked atSwansea prison, and Terry was born in one of the flats.[3] Going to school in Swansea, Medwin went on to captain the Swansea Schoolboys team which also includedJohn Charles.[3] After school it was noted that he worked atMorsmith Motors as a trainee mechanic.[3]
Medwin signed for his 'home town' teamSwansea Town as an amateur, and in 1949, he signed professional papers with the club. It was not until January 1952 that he made his senior team debut againstBlackburn Rovers. Medwin went on to make 147Football League appearances for the Swans.[4]
Medwin moved toTottenham Hotspur for £25,000 in May 1956. He scored twice on his debut in a 4–1 victory overPreston North End atDeepdale in August 1956.[5] Medwin played for Spurs until May 1963 when on a tour of South Africa he broke his leg that forced his early retirement.[6] During this period he scored 72 goals in 215 matches in all competitions and helped the club win theDouble in 1960–61, and he also appeared for them in the victorious1962 FA Cup Final.[7]
Medwin made first appearance forWales in April 1953 in a 3–2 away victory againstIreland.[8] He represented Wales in the1958 FIFA World Cup, playing in four of the five games in which Wales played and scoring the game-winning goal in the first round 2–1 play-off against Hungary which sent Wales to the quarter-finals.[8][6] He was the last player to score for Wales in the finals of a major tournament, untilGareth Bale scored in Wales' opening game ofUEFA Euro 2016.[9] In total he earned 30 caps and scored six goals for Wales from 1953 to 1963.[2]
After his playing career ended, Medwin managedCheshunt,[10] coached at Cardiff City,Fulham, Norwich City and was assistant manager toJohn Toshack at Swansea.[7] In 1971, he was the trainer of aWales XI side that toured Asia and Oceania and which was managed byDave Bowen.[1]
Medwin died on 1 May 2024 at the age of 91.[4][6]
Tottenham Hotspur
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