Ted Vizard Explained

Ted Vizard
Fullname:Edward Vizard
Birth Date:1889 6, df=y
Birth Place:Cogan, Penarth, Wales
Death Place:Wolverhampton, England
Height:[1]
Position:Outside-left
Years1:1909–10
Years2:1910–1931?
Clubs2:Bolton Wanderers
Caps1:24
Goals1:6
Caps2:467
Goals2:64
Totalcaps:491
Totalgoals:70
Nationalyears1:1911–1926
Nationalteam1:Wales
Nationalcaps1:22
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:1933–1939
Manageryears2:1939–1944
Manageryears3:1944–1948
Managerclubs3:Wolverhampton Wanderers

Edward Vizard (7 June 1889[2] – 25 December 1973) was a Welsh international footballer who became a manager. He spent almost all his playing career at Bolton Wanderers.

Playing career

Born in Cogan, Wales[2] Vizard joined Bolton Wanderers in September 1910 from Barry, making his debut later that year. From here, he never looked back making the outside left position his own for the next 18 seasons. In total, he made 512 appearances for the Trotters scoring 70 goals.

During his time at Bolton, he appeared in the 1923, 1926 and 1929 FA Cup Finals, all three victoriously. He remained in the team until retiring in 1931 aged 41, becoming the oldest player to play for the club (a record only broken in 1995 by Peter Shilton).

Vizard also won 22 international caps for Wales.[2]

Managerial career

Swindon Town

In April 1933 Vizard gave up his position as coach of the 'A' team with Bolton Wanderers in order to become the manager of Swindon Town, a position he held until 1939.[3]

QPR

After the 1938/39 season, Vizard left the club to take the reins at Queens Park Rangers, succeeding Billy Birrell. Due to the outbreak of World War II causing the suspension of league football, he never had the chance to manage them in a competitive game. Despite this they were relatively successful in wartime football and in 1944 he replaced Major Frank Buckley as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves

He was appointed Wolves manager in April 1944, and despite taking them to third place in the First Division in the first peacetime season in 1946/47, he was replaced by Stan Cullis in the summer of 1948.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: First Division prospects. Bolton Wanderers . Harricus . Athletic News . Manchester . 22 August 1921 . 5.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Soccerdata . 2004 . 1-899468-67-6 .
  3. Book: Matthews, Tony. The Wolves Who's Who. 2001. Britespot. 1-904103-01-4.
  4. Web site: Ted Vizard. Wolves Managers From 1885 to Present Day. The Wolves Site. 1 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002192056/http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/managers.htm. 2 October 2011.