Eddie Hopkinson

Eddie Hopkinson
Personal information
Full name	Edward Hopkinson
Date of birth	(1935-10-29)29 October 1935
Place of birth	Wheatley Hill, County Durham, England
Date of death	25 April 2004(2004-04-25) (aged 68)
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1952	Oldham Athletic	3	(0)
1952–1970	Bolton Wanderers	519	(0)
National team
1957–1959	England	14	(0)
Teams managed
1975	Stockport County
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Edward Hopkinson (29 October 1935 – 25 April 2004) was an English football goalkeeper. He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham.

During his club career he played for Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers, the latter from August 1952 to November 1969, where he holds the club record for appearances (578 matches). He earned 14 caps for the England national football team from 1957 to 1959, and was England's reserve goalkeeper at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also won 6 Under-23 caps for England. In 1958 he won an FA Cup winners medal, keeping a clean sheet against Manchester United. He was an assistant trainer at Bolton Wanderers until he became assistant manager at Stockport County in 1974. He later worked for a chemical company as a company representative. Eusebio played in his 1971 testimonial game. He also played for Ashton United.^[1]

References

↑ Non League Daily – Some big names have worn an Ashton United shirt Accessed 21 February 2012

England squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 McDonald 2 Howe 3 Banks 4 Clamp 5 Wright (c) 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

Stockport County F.C. – managers

Stewart (1894–1911)
Lewis (1911–14)
Ashworth (1914–19)
Williams (1919–24)
Scotchbrook (1924–26)
Hyde (1926–31)
Wilson (1932–33)
Westgarth (1934–36)
Kelly (1936–38)
Hunt (1939)
Marshall (1939–49)
Beattie (1949–52)
Duckworth (1952–56)
Moir (1956–60)
Flewin (1960–63)
Porteous (1963–65)
Quigley (1965–66)
Meadows (1966–69)
Galbraith (1969–70)
Woods (1970–71)
Doyle (1972–74)
Meadows (1974–75)
Hopkinson (1975)
R. Chapman (1975–76)
Quigley (1976–77)
Thompson (1977–78)
Summerbee (1978–79)
McGuigan (1979–82)
Webster (1982–85)
Murphy (1985)
L. Chapman (1985–86)
Melia (1986)
Murphy (1986–87)
Hartford (1987–89)
Bergara (1989–95)
Jones (1995–97)
Megson (1997–99)
Kilner (1999–2001)
Madden (2001)
Palmer (2001–03)
Hollins (2003)
McIlroy (2003–04)
Lillis (2004)
Turner (2004–05)
Gannon (2005–09)
Ablett (2009–10)
Simpson (2010–11)
Ward (2011)
Mathias (2011)
Hamann (2011)
Gannon (2011–13)
Kalezić (2013)
Bogie (2013)
Lord (2013–15)
Brown & Conlon (2015)
Young (2015–16)
Gannon (2016–)

Bolton Wanderers F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Edwards Finney Greaves Hartle Holden Hopkinson Jones Lofthouse Rimmer Smith Vizard

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