A silver-gilt medal, the obverse inscribed The Football League, Champions, Division 2, with ring suspension, in original fitted case

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SIR ALFRED ERNEST RAMSEY Born in Dagenham, Essex on 22 January 1920, Ramsey played school's football for, amongst others, Dagenham and Essex prior to joining Portsmouth as an amateur in 1940 from Five Elms. He then joined Southampton, again as an amateur in 1943 before becoming a professional the following year. At the age of 29, Ramsey joined Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £21,000 (a then record for a full-back) and he was to become an integral part of the Spurs famous 'Push and Run' side, winning back-to-back Championships in 1950 (Division 2) and 1951 (Division 1). A gracful defender and accurate passer of the ball, Ramsey was known as 'The General' around White Hart Lane and upon Ron Burgess' departure became club captain. During his time with Spurs, he was the model of consistency and made almost 300 appearances for the club scoring 30 goals before retiring as a player in 1954. He became Ipswich Town's manager in 1955 and lead the club from relative obscurity by winning the Third Division (South) in 1957; the Divison 2 Championship in 1961 and the following season Ipswich were crowned Division 1 champions. His success as a club manager rightly attracted interest from The Football Association and in April 1963 he was appointed the national team's manager. Ramsey was used to working in the England set-up as he had appeared for his country as a player on 32 occasions. There were many highlights for Ramsey as a player for his country, including famous wins against Austria, Portugal and Italy. However, he was part of the team that was defeated by the USA in the 1950 World Cup and played his last game for England in the humiliating defeat by Hungary in 1953. Ramsey continued his outstanding success as a manager with England and won 69 of his 113 matches he was in charge of, and lost just 17. Prior to the 1966 World Cup tournament he boldly informed newspaper reporters that England could win the World Cup. This was thought by many to be an arrogant statement. However, he had a genuine belief England could do it and he assembled a squad that was more than capable of winning the coveted Jules Rimet trophy. The rest they say is history and the year following the World Cup win, Ramsey was Knighted for his services to football. Following a fairly successful 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Sir Alf was dismissed by the Football Association as manager of the national side in May 1974 for failing to qualify for the World Cup in Munich. Many thought the Football Association's decision to release Sir Alf from his contract unfair. He remained in football firstly as a Director of Birmingham City and then as a caretaker manager for them from September 1977 to March 1978. Sir Alf died on 28 April 1999. THE FOLLOWING LOTS (33 to 93) WERE AWARDED TO SIR ALF RAMSEY

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A silver-gilt medal, the obverse inscribed The Football League, Champions, Division 2, with ring suspension, in original fitted case

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Tottenham Hotspur won the 1949-50 Divison 2 Championship with 61 points, Sheffield Wednesday being runners-up with 52 points

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