Stanley Hunter Ramsay (10 August 1904 – 19 July 1989) was a

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and a

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of the

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

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. Ryton-born Ramsay made 82 appearances for Norwich as a

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and

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between 1932 and 1934, scoring once Norwich Evening News accessed 2 November 2007 (see List of Norwich City F.C. club records). Before playing for Norwich, Ramsay appeared for

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

and

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. He captained Norwich to the club's first-ever honour, the championship of Division Three (South) in

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

. After Ramsay left Norwich, he became

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Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

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;Specific ;General * 1904 births 1989 deaths English men's footballers Norwich City F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players English football managers Shrewsbury Town F.C. managers Sportspeople from Ryton, Tyne and Wear Footballers from Tyne and Wear Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-footy-defender-1900s-stub