Vic Buckingham
English footballer and manager (1915–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor Frederick Buckingham (23 October 1915 – 26 January 1995) was an English football player and manager.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Frederick Buckingham | ||
Date of birth | (1915-10-23)23 October 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
Date of death | 26 January 1995(1995-01-26) (aged 79) | ||
Place of death | Chichester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Wing-half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1934–1935 | Northfleet United | ||
1935–1949 | Tottenham Hotspur | 204 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1950–1951 | Pegasus | ||
1951–1953 | Bradford Park Avenue | ||
1953–1959 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
1959–1961 | Ajax | ||
1961–1964 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
1964–1965 | Ajax | ||
1965–1968 | Fulham | ||
1968–1969 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
1969–1971 | Barcelona | ||
1972 | Sevilla | ||
1973–1975 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
1975–1976 | Olympiacos | ||
1979–1980 | Rodos | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played for Second Division side Tottenham Hotspur. As manager he won the 1954 FA Cup final with West Bromwich Albion and finished runners-up in the First Division. He had two periods as manager of AFC Ajax, leading the side to the Dutch Championship of 1960. In 1964 Johan Cruyff made his league debut under him.
In 1971, Buckingham's FC Barcelona side finished as league runners-up and won the Spanish Cup. He also held manager positions with Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday and in Greece. Buckingham is considered to have been a pioneer of the footballing philosophy known as Total Football, later further developed by his protégé Johan Cruyff.