Tony Waiters
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Keith Waiters | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Southport, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1958 | Bishop Auckland | ||
| 1958–1959 | Macclesfield Town | 11 | (0) |
| 1959–1967 | Blackpool | 257 | (0) |
| 1970–1972 | Burnley | 38 | (0) |
| Total | 306 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1964 | England | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1977 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 1977–1979 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| 1981–1986 | Canada | ||
| 1990–1991 | Canada | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Anthony Keith "Tony" Waiters (born 1 February 1937 in Southport, Merseyside) is a former England international football goalkeeper and Canadian national football team head coach (manager). Waiters, who managed the Vancouver Whitecaps to an NASL championship, was in charge when Canada qualified for the 1986 World Cup finals, their only time in the finals.
Waiters began his career as an amateur with Northern League club Bishop Auckland, moving to Macclesfield Town in 1958. He was capped as an England Amateur in May 1959 while at Loughborough College.Played centre-half in schoolboy football, took up goalkeeping when serving in the RAF. The same year, he was spotted by Blackpool manager Ron Suart and signed to replace the aging George Farm. Turning professional, he appeared over 250 times for Blackpool. He won five England caps in 1964, as Alf Ramsey sought a backup for Gordon Banks with the 1966 World Cup imminent. Although selected in Ramsey's initial squad of 40, ultimately, however, Waiters was not chosen for final 22. Waiters retired in 1967, as Blackpool were relegated from the First Division. Taking up coaching, he worked for the Football Association as a Regional Coach, and for Liverpool's youth development program before moving to Burnley. In 1970, an injury to Burnley's goalkeeper Peter Mellor led to Waiters' coming out of retirement. After making another 40 appearances, he finally retired in 1972.
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