Ron Healey

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Ronald "Ron" Healey (born 30 August 1952 in Manchester) is an English born Irish former professional footballer.

Healey was a goalkeeper who began his career with Manchester City. Following an apprenticeship with City, he signed professional forms for the club in October 1969 and he made his debut at 17. As he was the understudy to the English international goalkeeper Joe Corrigan, he only played 30 times for City between 1970 and 1974 before moving to Cardiff City where he had a long and successful spell until 1982.

He helped Cardiff win promotion to the second division in the 1975/76 season

During his time at Cardiff, Ron, when asked to find a young new goalkeeper, discovered a 12 year old Andy Dibble.

After a spell with Bangor City, he retired from the game through injury.

He also played international football twice for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He kept a clean sheet on his international debut, a 0-0 draw with Poland on 24 April 1977 and made his only other appearance as a sub for Gerry Peyton in a World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley in 1980.