Ray Pointer | |
Fullname: | Raymond Pointer |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1936 |
Birth Place: | Cramlington, Northumberland, England |
Death Place: | Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1957–1964 |
Years2: | 1965 |
Years3: | 1965–1966 |
Years4: | 1966–1972 |
Years5: | 1972–1975 |
Clubs5: | Waterlooville |
Caps1: | 223 |
Caps2: | 19 |
Caps3: | 26 |
Caps4: | 152 |
Caps5: | ? |
Goals1: | 118 |
Goals2: | 17 |
Goals3: | 13 |
Goals4: | 31 |
Goals5: | ? |
Nationalyears1: | 1961 |
Nationalteam1: | England |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was an English professional association footballer and England international who played as a striker.
He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, Bury, Coventry City, Portsmouth and Waterlooville. He won 3 England caps overall whilst at Burnley, scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win against Luxembourg. He scored in that match. His other England goal was against Portugal. He died in a nursing home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 2016.[1]
Burnley
1959–60