1966 World Cup winner and Hudderfield Town legend Ray Wilson's shirt up for auction
Nov 6 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Ray Wilson's England shirt
A SIGNED England shirt worn by former Town star Ray Wilson at the 1966 World Cup finals is set to fetch up to £2,500 at an auction.
The number three shirt is signed by Wilson – who will be 76 next month – beneath the embroidered three lions badge.
It will be sold at Graham Budd Auctions at Sotheby’s in London on Monday, November 8.
Auctioneer Graham Budd said: “Ray Wilson played in every England match during the World Cup wearing the white jersey on every occasion, except for the final versus West Germany.
“Although the jersey is known to have been worn at the tournament it is impossible to pinpoint the particular match”.
It is not known who is selling the shirt.
On their way to the historic 1966 World Cup final at Wembley, England played Uruguay, Mexico and France in the group stages, before meeting Argentina in the quarter finals and Portugal in the semi-finals.
Eight years ago, at Christie’s in London on March 27, 2002, Wilson’s 1966 World Cup winner’s medal sold for £80,750.
A year earlier, the nine carat gold FA Cup winner’s medal he won with Everton in 1966 sold for £6,815.
Born Ramon Wilson, the player was said to have been named after Mexican-born Hollywood film star, Ramon Novarro.
He started his working life as an apprentice railwayman, working on the tracks by night and training with Huddersfield Town by day.
He went on to make 266 appearances for the club between 1952 and 1964, scoring six goals.
In his book, Huddersfield Town : A Complete Record 1910-1990, Terry Frost said: “Wilson was one of Huddersfield Town’s finest home-produced left backs and ranks as one of the game’s all time greats.
