Wyn Davies
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{For|the conductor|Wyn Davies (conductor)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Wyn Davies
| image =
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| fullname = Ronald Wyn Davies
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales{{Cite web|url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Legends/0,,10278~2108962,00.html |title=Wyn Davies |work=Legends |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |accessdate=28 April 2010}}
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =
| years1 = ?–1959 |clubs1 = Locomotive Llanberis |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1959–1960 |clubs2 = Caernarfon Town |caps2 = |goals2 =
| years3 = 1960–1962 |clubs3 = Wrexham |caps3 = 55 |goals3 = 21
| years4 = 1962–1966 |clubs4 = Bolton Wanderers |caps4 = 155 |goals4 = 66
| years5 = 1966–1971 |clubs5 = Newcastle United |caps5 = 181 |goals5 = 40
| years6 = 1971–1972 |clubs6 = Manchester City |caps6 = 45 |goals6 = 8
| years7 = 1972–1973 |clubs7 = Manchester United |caps7 = 16 |goals7 = 4
| years8 = 1973–1975 |clubs8 = Blackpool |caps8 = 36 |goals8 = 5
| years9 = 1975 |clubs9 = → Crystal Palace (loan) |caps9 = 3 |goals9 = 0
| years10 = 1975–1976 |clubs10 = Stockport County |caps10 = 30 |goals10 = 7
| years11 = 1976–1978 |clubs11 = Crewe Alexandra |caps11 = 55 |goals11 = 15
| years12 = 1978–1979 |clubs12 = Bangor City |caps12 = 4 |goals12 = 0
| years13 = 1979 |clubs13 = Cape Town City |caps13 = |goals13 =
| totalcaps = 611 |totalgoals = 179
| nationalyears1 = 1963–1973 |nationalteam1 = Wales |nationalcaps1 = 34 |nationalgoals1 = 6
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Ronald Wyn Davies (born 20 March 1942) is a Welsh former professional footballer who made over 550 Football League appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, and who was also capped by Wales.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/wyndavies}}
Domestic career
Although he began his career with Wrexham, followed by a successful few seasons for Bolton Wanderers, Davies (nicknamed Wyn the Leap){{cite web|last =Pye|first =David|title =THE BIG INTERVIEW: Wyn Davies|publisher =The Bolton News|url =http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/10101695.THE_BIG_INTERVIEW__Wyn_Davies/|accessdate =23 December 2014}} is perhaps best known for playing for Newcastle United between 1966 and 1971. He was notably part of their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup-winning team of 1969. He later played for Manchester City, signing prior to the 1971–72 season for £60,000,{{cite news |title=Wyn Davies |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=16 February 1972 |page=26 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19720216/276/0026 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=26 November 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |title=Efficiency |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=19 February 1972 |page=28 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19720219/967/0028 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=26 November 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} playing as City won the 1972 FA Charity Shield.{{cite news |url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1972-73CharityShield.htm |title=1972/73 Charity Shield |website=footballsite.co.uk |accessdate=1 April 2020}} He then moved from Maine Road to Old Trafford when he was signed by Manchester United manager, Frank O'Farrell on 14 September 1972.{{cite news |title=O'Farrell Buys |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=15 September 1972 |page=30 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19720915/232/0030 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=26 November 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} He was partnered with another O'Farrell signing, Ted MacDougall. Davies made his league debut for United on 23 September 1972 against champions Derby County at Old Trafford. He scored the opening goal for United in a 3–0 win.
Blackpool signed Davies for £14,000 on 14 June 1973, and he made his debut for the club on 25 August in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion, the opening League game of the season.{{Cite book|last=Gillatt|first=Peter|title=Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year |publisher=Pitch Publishing Ltd|date=30 November 2009|isbn=978-1-905411-50-4}}
On 30 June 1975, Blackpool granted him a free transfer and he joined Stockport County. He also played for Crewe Alexandra before finishing his career with Bangor City.
International career
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Justyn |last2=Bostock |first2=Adam |last3=Butler |first3=Cliff |last4=Ferguson |first4=Jim |last5=Meek |first5=David |last6=Mitten |first6=Andy |last7=Pilger |first7=Sam |last8=Taylor |first8=Frank |last9=Tyrrell |first9=Tom |title=The Official Manchester United Illustrated Encyclopedia |publisher=Manchester United Books |year=2001 |location=London |isbn=0-233-99964-7 }}
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Category:Sportspeople from Caernarfon
Category:Footballers from Gwynedd
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Manchester United F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players
Category:Stockport County F.C. players