It was Terence Cameron Medwin's birthday yesterday, he was born in 1932. Another oldie you might say, but Terry Medwin was very much part of the Tottenham team that did the Double in 1960-1 (although not selected for the final) and won the FA Cup again in 1962 beating Burnley 3-1. He was a free running winger who shared the flanks with Cliff Jones, another Welshman.
Medwin made his debut in 1951-2 for Swansea having joined the club in 1949. By the time he left for Spurs for a fee of £25,000 in 1956 he had played 148 games and scored 60 goals.
At Spurs he played until 1963 when he broke his leg and that was that. At Tottenham he appeared 197 times and scored 65 goals in the club's most successful period.
https://www.swanseacity.com/news/swans-and-dragons-terry-medwin
During that time Terry played for Wales, again until 1963, being part of the Welsh squad that made it to the 1958 World Cup quarter-finals in Sweden. he was the last Welsh footballer to score a goal in a major tournament finals until Gareth Bale did so in the UEFA Euro 2016.
After Spurs he managed Cheshunt and helped coach at Fulham and then assisted John Toshack at Swansea, completing "the circle".
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