Vic Rouse (footballer, born 1936)

Welsh footballer and manager

Vic Rouse
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Victor Rouse
Date of birth	(1936-03-16) 16 March 1936 (age 88)
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.

Career

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

References

^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 338. ISBN 0907969542.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Player profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 86. ISBN 0907969542.
^ "Player profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Quirky Facts". Goalkeepers Are Different. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Player profile". Crystal Palace F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2013.