Tony Waiters
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Keith Waiters | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Southport, England | ||
Date of death | 5 November 2020 | (aged 83)||
Position(s) | 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) | |
International career | |||
1964 | England | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1972–1977 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
1977–1979 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
1981–1986 | Canada | ||
1990–1991 | Canada | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anthony Keith Waiters (1 February 1937 – 5 November 2020) was an English footballer who played as a
Playing career
Waiters began his career as an amateur with
The same year, he was spotted by
Managerial career
Waiters began coaching with the England national youth side and led them to a European Championship held in Italy (1973). He took over at
At the helm of Canada, Waiters saw the side reach the quarterfinals of the
Coaching and advisory roles
Waiters wrote books on soccer skills and coaching. He was inducted into the
Waiters created his company - World of Soccer - in the 1980s, producing a complete series of coaching books, soccer equipment, such as WOS markers, as well as his infamous Ace Coaching cards. Since 2000 he took World of Soccer to a new level, developing Total Player Development, which in turn was the base for Byte Size Coaching, a simple yet comprehensive website for soccer parents, coaches and volunteers. Byte Size Coaching is now used by over 350 clubs ranging from Canada, America, UK, Australia and Singapore. Byte Size Coaching was created to help community clubs and soccer associations reach all their coaches.
Waiters continued to coach children and young adults, helping them pursue their soccer goals and moulding players for the future. He was appointed the first Director of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's (NSCAA) Goalkeeping Institute, stepping down in 2006. He remained a National Staff Coach of the NSCAA and U.S. Soccer.
Death
Waiters died at age 83 on November 5, 2020, in North Vancouver, BC, of complications from pneumonia. It was several days before the word of his death became public so in some outlets the date of his death was erroneously reported as being November 10.[6]
Honours
References
- ^ Yannis, Alex (5 April 1986). "SOCCER - CANADIANS AND M.I.S.L. AT ODDS FOR CUP - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Canada's World Cup Coach Struggles to Put Together a Winning Soccer Team". Los Angeles Times. 11 May 1986. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ^ Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
- ^ "IN MEMORY OF TONY WAITERS, HALL OF FAME HONOURED MEMBER". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance - Sportsnet.ca". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Former Plymouth Argyle manager Tony Waiters passes away aged 83". Plymouth Live. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links
- Waiters' official website
- Tony Waiters at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Tony Waiters at Englandstats.com
- Tony Waiters at the Canadian Soccer Association / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame