Ivor Powell

Ivor Verdun Powell, <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">MBE</a> (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> player and <a href="/facts/Manager_(association_football)/IwMQyx0e">manager</a>. He won eight <a href="/facts/Cap_(sport)/pFhs7Lp2">caps</a> for <a href="/facts/Wales_national_football_team/v9LYCEoy">Wales</a>.
A <a href="/facts/Wing_half/FEWpVjnD">wing half</a>, he began his professional career with <a href="/facts/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C./IUplrWDH">Queens Park Rangers</a> in September 1937. His career was interrupted by <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, though he returned to QPR to help them to the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Third_Division_South/1Rmwr620">Third Division South</a> title in <a href="/facts/1947%25E2%2580%259348_Football_League/w1YoP2ef">1947–48</a>. He moved to <a href="/facts/Aston_Villa_F.C./4Vk15gbp">Aston Villa</a> for <a href="/facts/Pound_sterling/cGgjUJwv">£</a>17,500 <a href="/facts/1948%25E2%2580%259349_Aston_Villa_F.C._season/sj4gtClW">in December 1948</a>, and played 79 games in the <a href="/facts/Football_League_First_Division/lP5G0Noa">First Division</a>. He was appointed <a href="/facts/Player-manager/Bz5GEo8f">player-manager</a> at <a href="/facts/Port_Vale_F.C./akLIv2bb">Port Vale</a> in July 1951, though he was sacked after just four months. He was appointed <a href="/facts/Bradford_City_A.F.C./KIsNSjhQ">Bradford City</a> manager in 1952 but was again unsuccessful and departed in February 1955. He did find success at <a href="/facts/Carlisle_United_F.C./rvvTMJDL">Carlisle United</a> following his appointment in 1960, leading the club to <a href="/facts/Promotion_and_relegation/G8dKPD13">promotion</a> out of the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">Fourth Division</a> in 1961–62. He left the club in 1963 and later managed <a href="/facts/Bath_City_F.C./5TXFJ0V5">Bath City</a> before becoming a <a href="/facts/Coach_(sport)/e9DbSAt8">coach</a>.
He was inducted to the <a href="/facts/Welsh_Sports_Hall_of_Fame/01b2a7Yj">Welsh Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 2004 alongside <a href="/facts/Snooker/PX3vtzqU">snooker</a> player <a href="/facts/Terry_Griffiths/gCm0HXqG">Terry Griffiths</a> and cricketer <a href="/facts/Tony_Lewis/7tWMUntk">Tony Lewis</a>. He also entered the <a href="/facts/Guinness_World_Records/Az88wVWk">Guinness Book of World Records</a> as the oldest working football coach on his 90th birthday after 55 years as a coach. He retired on 26 May 2010, aged 93. Ivor was the father of <a href="/facts/Barry_Powell_(footballer)/YAUTauNj">Barry Powell</a>.

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Ivor Powell