Ron Flowers

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Ronald "Ron" Flowers (born July 28, 1934) is a former professional football (soccer) player.

Born in Edlington near Doncaster, England, Flowers played with Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1952 to 1967.

Playing as an attacking midfield player (using today's terminology) Flowers won 49 caps for England and scored 10 goals. Although his last cap came before the finals, he was a member of the England squad that won the World Cup in 1966.

Flowers also played for Northampton Town and finally Wellington Town (latterly known as Telford United) as player-manager before retiring to run a sports shop in Wolverhampton. His sports shop company is still successfully running.


England England squad - 1966 World Cup Champions (1st Title) England

1 Banks | 2 Cohen | 3 Wilson | 4 Stiles | 5 J. Charlton | 6 Moore | 7 Ball | 8 Greaves | 9 B. Charlton | 10 Hurst | 11 Connelly | 12 Springett | 13 Bonetti | 14 Armfield | 15 Byrne | 16 Peters | 17 Flowers | 18 Hunter | 19 Paine | 20 Callaghan | 21 Hunt | 22 Eastham | Coach: Ramsey
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