Gwyn Manning

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Gwyn Manning
Personal information
Full name Gwyn Thomas Manning
Date of birth 19 August 1915
Place of birth Wales
Date of death 15 February 2003(2003-02-15) (aged 87)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Troedyrhiw
Treharris
Merthyr Tydfil
International career
Wales amateur
1948
Great Britain
1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gwyn Thomas Manning (19 August 1915 – 15 February 2003) was a Welsh amateur

Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics
.

Career

Manning played club football with Troedyrhiw, Treharris and Merthyr Tydfil.[2] He combined his playing career with a job as a painter and decorator.[2] He also played for the Wales amateur national team.[2]

He represented

Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics,[3][4] and was the team's captain at the tournament.[2]

References

  1. Olympedia
  2. ^ a b c d "Olympic Team GB football captain medal found in wardrobe". WalesOnline. 25 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. ^ Gwyn ManningFIFA competition record (archived)