Noel Cantwell

Noel Cantwell
Noel Cantwell
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Personal information
Full name Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell
Date of birth 28 February 1932(1932-02-28)
Place of birth Cork, Irish Free State
Date of death 8 September 2005(2005-09-08) (aged 73)
Playing position Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Western Rovers
Cork Athletic
1952–1960 West Ham United 248 (11)
1960–1967 Manchester United 123 (6)
National team
1953–1967 Republic of Ireland 36 (14)
Teams managed
1967–1972 Coventry City
1972 New England Tea Men
1972–1977 Peterborough United
1977–1978 Jacksonville Tea Men
1980–1982 Peterborough United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell (28 February 1932 – 8 September 2005) was an Irish cricketer and football player born in County Cork, Irish Free State. He was educated at the Roman Catholic Presentation Brothers College in Cork.

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Club career

Cantwell played as a full-back for Western Rovers, Cork Athletic, West Ham United, and Manchester United.

While at West Ham, he featured in the London XI side that competed in the 1955-58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final on 1 May 1958. He captained the Hammers to winning the Division Two championship in the 1957-58 season and thereby leading the club into the top flight for the first time since 1930.

In November 1960, Cantwell joined Manchester United for £29,500 which at the time was a record for a full back.[1] He helped the club win the 1965 and 1967 league titles and captained United when winning the 1963 FA Cup Final - just as his fellow countryman Johnny Carey had done in United's previous FA Cup win 15 years earlier.[2]

He also served as Chairman of the Professional Footballers Association.

International career

He won 36 full International caps for the Republic of Ireland (typically playing at left full back and on several occasions at centre forward). He made his debut against Luxembourg in October 1953; his final appearance coming away to Turkey in February 1967.[3] He scored 14 goals including 5 from penalties and also captained the Republic on several occasions including a match against England at Wembley.[4]

Management career

In his first managerial role at Coventry City he had the onerous task of following Jimmy Hill who had taken the club into the First Division for the first time in their history. Cantwell kept the Sky Blues in the top flight by the skin of their teeth in his first two seasons before taking them to a sixth place finish in 1969-70, earning them qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (a year before it was replaced by the UEFA Cup).

He departed from Highfield Road on 12 March 1972 to take charge of the New England Tea Men in the United States of America, but within seven months was back in English football as manager of Peterborough United.

He helped Peterborough win the Fourth Division title in his first full season as manager, before leaving on 10 May 1977 for a second spell with the Tea Men. This time he spent a year in the States.

He returned to Peterborough on 19 November 1986 for a second spell as manager, remaining in this role until he became general manager on 12 July 1988. He was general manager at London Road for a year until he quit football to become licensee of the New Inn at Peterborough, where he remained for 10 years until he retired in 1999.

Cricket career

He also played cricket for Cork Bohemians Cricket Club and Ireland as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He played five times for Ireland [5] making his debut in what was his sole first-class match [6] versus Scotland at Edinburgh in 1956, scoring 31 and 17.[7] His last match for Ireland was against Lancashire in July 1959.[5]

Death

Noel Cantwell died on September 8, 2005 from cancer aged 73.[8] He left a widow Maggie and two children.[9]

His former teams each held a minute's silence for him before their next matches.[10][11][12]

Cantwell was captain of Manchester United's FA Cup winning side of 1963 and the first (and to date the only) player from that team to have died.[citation needed]


References

  1. ^ "Obituary:Noel Cantwell". Manutd.com. 1960-11-26. http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=235162&page=1. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  2. ^ "Irish Footballers : Manchester United : players from Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland : Played for Man Utd". Soccer-ireland.com. http://www.soccer-ireland.com/manchester-united/irish-footballers.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  3. ^ "Noel Cantwell dies aged 73". Rte.ie. 2005-09-08. http://www.rte.ie/sport/2005/0908/cantwell.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  4. ^ "Noel Cantwell". Fai.ie. 2009-06-05. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=242:noel-cantwell&catid=78:hall-of-fame&Itemid=146. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  5. ^ a b "Noel Euchuria Cornelious Cantwell". Cricketeurope4.net. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire54.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.co.uk. 1956-06-30. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26712/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  7. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.co.uk. 1956-07-03. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22079.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  8. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Cantwell dies after cancer battle". BBC News. 2005-09-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4225512.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  9. ^ "Noel Cantwell". Telegraph. 2005-09-09. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1497944/Noel-Cantwell.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  10. ^ "Peterborough United | News | Latest News | Latest News | Cantwell Funeral To Take Place At Cathedral". Theposh.com. http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~712122,00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  11. ^ "United v City gallery | Stockport Express". menmedia.co.uk. 2005-09-12. http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/sport/s/275319_united_v_city_gallery. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  12. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | West Ham 4-0 Aston Villa". BBC News. 2005-09-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4210912.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 

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