Raymond Westwood | |
Fullname: | Raymond William Westwood |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1912 |
Birth Place: | Amblecote, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Stourbridge, England |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | 1927–1928 |
Clubs1: | Stourbridge |
Years2: | 1928–1929 |
Clubs2: | Bolton Wanderers |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1929–1930 |
Clubs3: | Brierley Hill Alliance |
Years4: | 1930–1947 |
Clubs4: | Bolton Wanderers |
Caps4: | 301 |
Goals4: | 127 |
Years5: | 1947–1949 |
Clubs5: | Chester |
Caps5: | 38 |
Goals5: | 13 |
Years6: | 1949–1951 |
Clubs6: | Darwen |
Totalcaps: | 339 |
Totalgoals: | 140 |
Nationalyears1: | 1934–1937 |
Nationalteam1: | Football League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 1934–1936 |
Nationalteam2: | England |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Raymond William Westwood (14 April 1912 – 9 December 1981) was an English professional footballer who made over 300 appearances in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers as an inside forward. He was capped by England at international level and represented the Football League XI.
Born in Amblecote, Westwood played professionally for Bolton Wanderers and Chester and made career totals of 339 Football League appearances and 127 goals. He also played non-League football for Stourbridge, Brierley Hill Alliance and Darwen.[2] He won six caps for England and represented the Football League XI.[3]
Westwood was the nephew of footballer David Stokes and was the uncle of footballer Duncan Edwards. He served in 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, during the Second World War.
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