Theresa Wiseman
Theresa "Terry" Wiseman (born 1956) is an English animator and former footballer. She played as a goalkeeper and represented England at senior international level.
Wiseman won 60 caps for England. After a period as understudy to England's original goalkeeper Sue Buckett, Wiseman made her debut on 23 July 1979, in a 2–0 win over Switzerland held in Sorrento, Italy during an unofficial European Championship. Ten years later she made her 50th appearance[1] in a 2–0 home friendly defeat to Sweden. The match was held at Wembley Stadium to mark the 20th anniversary of the Women's Football Association (WFA), played as a curtain–raiser to the male national team's Rous Cup game against Chile. She had played in the penalty shootout defeat to Sweden in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final.[2] At club level she played for Tottenham Hotspur's women's section and represented Friends of Fulham in the WFA Cup final. Wiseman won the WFA Cup in 1984 with Howbury.
| “ | People should remember and respect there was a game before 1993, that pioneers built the foundations and paved the way for what is happening now. There were so many talented players, like [Terry] Wiseman (England and Fulham goalkeeper). She was a mentor to me, I learnt so much off her. | ” |
— Marieanne Spacey speaking to On the Ball magazine.[3]
In her other career as an animator Wiseman worked on The Snowman and later moved to Los Angeles County to work for DisneyToon Studios, recently working as a timing director on Phineas and Ferb. She trained at Hornsey College of Art.[4]
References
- ↑ "Fiftieth cap; Theresa Wiseman.(Sport)". The Times. 1989-05-23. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ↑ Andreas Nilsson (27 August 2009). "EM för damer 1984". SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ "Marieanne Spacey". On the Ball. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Theresa Wiseman Animator/Timing Director, DisneyToons Studios". Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Retrieved 4 October 2011.