Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melvyn Hopkins | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales | ||
Date of death | 18 October 2010 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Worthing, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1952–1964 | Tottenham Hotspur | 219 | (0) |
1964–1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 58 | (2) |
1967–1969 | Canterbury City | ||
1969–1970 | Bradford Park Avenue | 30 | (0) |
Total | 307+ | (2) | |
International career | |||
1956–1963 | Wales | 34 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mel Hopkins (7 November 1934 – 18 October 2010) [1] was a Welsh international footballer. He played at left back.
The son of a miner, [2] he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club. [3] He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial. [2] Mel Hopkins made his debut in January 1952 [4] and winning a League and FA Cup double in 1961. [5] [6] In 1959, he suffered a serious injury following a collision with Ian St John, smashing his nose and upper jaw, an injury which would keep him out of football for two years. [3]
In total, Hopkins played 219 games for Spurs, before leaving Spurs for Brighton and Hove Albion in October 1964 for a transfer fee of £8,000. [3] [4] He scored 2 goals and played 58 games for Albion. A brief spell at Ballymena United in Northern Ireland 1967 was followed by a move to Bradford Park Avenue in January 1969, where he played 30 games, retiring in 1970. [7]
Hopkins played for his country between 1956 and 1963, [8] earning 34 caps [7] including playing for the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where they lost narrowly to Brazil in the quarter-finals. [3] [9]
In 2003, Hopkins was given a merit award by the Football Association of Wales. [10]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Melvyn Hopkins | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales | ||
Date of death | 18 October 2010 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Worthing, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1952–1964 | Tottenham Hotspur | 219 | (0) |
1964–1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 58 | (2) |
1967–1969 | Canterbury City | ||
1969–1970 | Bradford Park Avenue | 30 | (0) |
Total | 307+ | (2) | |
International career | |||
1956–1963 | Wales | 34 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mel Hopkins (7 November 1934 – 18 October 2010) [1] was a Welsh international footballer. He played at left back.
The son of a miner, [2] he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club. [3] He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial. [2] Mel Hopkins made his debut in January 1952 [4] and winning a League and FA Cup double in 1961. [5] [6] In 1959, he suffered a serious injury following a collision with Ian St John, smashing his nose and upper jaw, an injury which would keep him out of football for two years. [3]
In total, Hopkins played 219 games for Spurs, before leaving Spurs for Brighton and Hove Albion in October 1964 for a transfer fee of £8,000. [3] [4] He scored 2 goals and played 58 games for Albion. A brief spell at Ballymena United in Northern Ireland 1967 was followed by a move to Bradford Park Avenue in January 1969, where he played 30 games, retiring in 1970. [7]
Hopkins played for his country between 1956 and 1963, [8] earning 34 caps [7] including playing for the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where they lost narrowly to Brazil in the quarter-finals. [3] [9]
In 2003, Hopkins was given a merit award by the Football Association of Wales. [10]