Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raymond Victor Rouse | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1954–1956 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
1956–1963 | Crystal Palace | 238 | (0) |
1963 | Northampton Town | 0 | (0) |
1963–1965 | Oxford United | 22 | (0) |
1965–1967 | Leyton Orient | 40 | (0) |
1967–1972 | Atlanta Chiefs | 61 | (0) |
Total | 361 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1959 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1969–1972 | Atlanta Chiefs | ||
1972–xxxx | Metropolitan Police | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Raymond Victor "Vic" Rouse [1] (born 16 March 1936) is a Welsh former footballer and coach. Rouse played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper, before becoming a football manager.
Born in Swansea, Rouse played in the English Football League for Crystal Palace, Oxford United and Leyton Orient. [2] He was also a player with Millwall (as an amateur) [3] and Northampton Town without making a League appearance for either club. Rouse later played in the North American Soccer League for the Atlanta Chiefs. [4]
Rouse earned one cap at full international level for Wales. [2] Rouse became the first ever international player from the old Fourth Division when he appeared in 1959. [3] [5]
Rouse was player-manager of the Chiefs between 1969 and 1972. After retiring as a player in 1972, he returned to England to become manager of Metropolitan Police. [2] He was still managing Metropolitan Police as of 1982. [6]