England national football team, 11 April 1959

Edward Hopkinson (29 October 1935 – 25 April 2004) was an English football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

. He was born in

Wheatley Hill Wheatley Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Peterlee Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It lies between Sunderland to the north, Hartlepool to the south, the Durham Coast to the east a ...

, near

Peterlee Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It lies between Sunderland to the north, Hartlepool to the south, the Durham Coast to the east and Durham to the west. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946. The act also cr ...

, County Durham. During his club career he played for

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

and

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

, the latter from August 1952 to November 1969, where he holds the club record for appearances (578 matches). He earned 14 caps for the

England national football team The England national football team has represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliat ...

from 1957 to 1959, and was England's reserve goalkeeper at the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil ...

. He also won 6 Under-23 caps for England. In 1958 he won an FA Cup winners medal, keeping a clean sheet against Manchester United. He was an assistant trainer at Bolton Wanderers until he became assistant manager at Stockport County in 1974. He later worked for a chemical company as a company representative. Eusebio played in his 1971 testimonial game. He also was manager for

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. History The club was founded in 1878 as Hurst Football Club and the earliest known match ...

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1935 births 2004 deaths Association football goalkeepers English footballers England international footballers England under-23 international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff Stockport County F.C. non-playing staff English Football League players People from Wheatley Hill Footballers from County Durham English Football League representative players English football managers Stockport County F.C. managers FA Cup Final players {{england-footy-goalkeeper-stub