Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was a professional
association footballer and
England international who played as a
striker
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He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing for
Burnley,
Bury,
Coventry City,
Portsmouth and
Waterlooville. He won 3 England caps overall whilst at
Burnley, scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win against
Luxembourg. He scored in that match. His other England goal was against
Portugal. He died in a nursing home in
Blackpool
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Lancashire, in 2016.
"Champion Claret Ray Pointer dies aged 79"
''Pendle Today'', 26 January 2016
Honours
; Burnley
* Football League First Division
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champions: 1959–60
* FA Cup runner-up: 1962
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* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
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English footballers
1936 births
Coventry City F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Burnley F.C. players
Waterlooville F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff
Bury F.C. non-playing staff
England international footballers
England under-23 international footballers
2016 deaths
People from Cramlington
Footballers from Northumberland
English Football League players
English Football League representative players
Association football forwards
FA Cup Final players
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