Marvin Hinton

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Marvin Hinton
Personal information
Full name	Marvin Hinton
Date of birth	February 2, 1940 (age 67)
Place of birth	Norwood, London, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1957-63 1963-76	Charlton Athletic Chelsea	131 (2) 265 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 11, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 22, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Marvin Hinton (born 2 February 1940 in Norwood, London) is a retired English footballer who played as a defender, most prominently for Chelsea during the 1960s and 1970s.

Beginning his League career at Charlton Athletic, who he joined in 1957, he made 131 appearances scoring 2 goals before being signed for Chelsea by Tommy Docherty in August 1963 for £30,000.

He had won three England Under-23 caps when he joined the club making his debut on Saturday 12 October 1963 in a 3-1 win at Ipswich Town, aged 23.

Hinton could play at full back or in central defence and was a stylish, accomplished figure in both positions. Playing as part of a richly-talented team including the likes of Charlie Cooke, Alan Hudson, Bobby Tambling, John Hollins, Peter Bonetti and Peter Osgood he was part of the successful Chelsea side of the 60s and early 70s, earning his first winners’ medal with the League Cup in 1965.

A member of Alf Ramsey's original squad for the 1966 World Cup, he never won a full cap. An appearance in the 1967 FA Cup Final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur earned him a runners’ up medal, but further success was to follow with victory in the FA Cup final of 1970, where Chelsea defeated Leeds United, the reigning League Champions and one of the strongest teams of the era, in a replay at Old Trafford, coming on as a substitute in both games.

The following season, again in a replay, he celebrated his final winners’ medal after Chelsea’s victory over Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final.

After his League career he had a spell at Barnet before retirement.

In all, he made 344 appearances for Chelsea between 1963 and 1976, scoring 4 goals.

He now lives in Crawley and, during the season, can be found every other weekend at Stamford Bridge.