Ray Drinkwater
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Jarrow, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 March 2008 (aged 76) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1956 | Guildford City | ||
| 1956–1957 | Portsmouth | 8 | (0) |
| 1957–1963 | Queens Park Rangers | 199 | (0) |
| 1963– | Bath City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ray Drinkwater (18 May 1931 – 24 March 2008) was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers.
Drinkwater was born in Jarrow, County Durham and began his career with Guildford City in 1951. He signed for QPR in 1957 from Portsmouth and made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Coventry City in March 1958. He played 199 league games for QPR.
Ray left QPR in 1963, moving to non-league Bath City.
He died on 24 March 2008, aged 76.
External links
[edit]- Ray Drinkwater at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Obituary: Surrey Advertiser
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Categories:
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Footballers from Jarrow
- 1931 births
- 2008 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Guildford City F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football goalkeeper, 1930s birth stubs