Eddie Clamp

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Eddie Clamp
Personal information
Full name Harold Edwin Clamp
Date of birth September 14, 1934(1934-09-14)
Place of birth    Coalville, England
Date of death    November 10, 1995 (aged 61)
Place of death    Wolverhampton, England
Playing position Right half
Youth clubs
Coalville Schools
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1953-1961
1961-1962
1962-1964
1964-1965
1965-1967		 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal
Stoke City
Peterborough United
Worcester City		 214 (23)
022 0(1)
050 0(1)
008 0(0)
00- 00(-)   
National team
1958 England 004 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Harold Edwin Clamp (born September 14, 1934 - November 10, 1995) was an English footballer.

Clamp joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1950, turning professional in April 1952, before breaking into the first team to make his debut on March 6, 1954, away at Manchester United. He made one further appearance that season as he club won their first league title. He later became an integral part of the first team and won League Championships in (1957-58 and 1958-59) and the 1960 FA Cup.

He played over 200 matches for Wolves before signing for Arsenal for £34,000 in November 1961. The last signing made by George Swindin, he made his debut against Nottingham Forest on November 18, 1961 but stayed only ten months. His tough tackling style had failed to find favour with his former teammate, now Arsenal manager, Billy Wright, and so he was sold to Stoke City in September 1962 for £14,000.

At Stoke, he won the Second Division title in 1962-63, playing alongside Stanley Matthews. He finished his league career at Peterborough United, before dropping into the non-league with Worcester City and Lower Gornal. He retired from football in 1969 to run a building and decorating business in Wednesfield.

Clamp also played four times for the England national football team, including three matches in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, after making his debut just before the tournament in a friendly draw in Russia on May 18 before 102,000 spectators.


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England squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 McDonald • 2 Howe • 3 Banks • 4 Clamp • 5 Wright • 6 Slater • 7 Douglas • 8 Robson • 9 Kevan • 10 Haynes • 11 Finney • 12 Hopkinson • 13 Hodgkinson • 14 Sillett • 15 Clayton • 16 Norman • 17 Brabrook • 18 Broadbent • 19 Smith • 20 Charlton • 21 A'Court • 22 Setters • Coach: Winterbottom
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