Ron Springett RIP 1935-2015
by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
13 September 2015
A sad day to mark the passing of Sheffield Wednesday legend RON SPRINGETT. H...
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The above is the cached view of my last article which has disappeared
For those of you who didn't know, it was a tribute to a Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper - who passed away on 12th September 2015, aged 80 - the legendary RON SPRINGETT played for the Owls between 1958 and 1967 making 384 senior appearances. He also played for England 33 times and was in the World Cup Squads of 1962 and 1966.
He is England's 9th most capped goalkeeper and was truly a great goalie. He was my Dad's favourite and they'll be swapping goalkeeping stories for eternity now.
He was born in Fulham and fittingly, Sheffield Wednesday play Fulham at home this Saturday, where all fans can show their respect to a truly great footballer.
RIP Ron
TRIBUTE TO Ron Springett RIP 1935-2015
posted on 18/9/15
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Kitty hope you're well
posted on 18/9/15
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 8 hours, 2 minutes ago
Glad you got this back up, Kitty.
Didn't he have a brother who was also a goalie? And didn't they swap clubs at one point?
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Hi Beeb Yes, Peter Springett was goalkeeper at QPR and in 1967 they swapped clubs. When he retired from football he became a police constable in Sheffield. He sadly died in 1997 from cancer
posted on 18/9/15
Hi Hounslow - all good here thanks
posted on 18/9/15
Thanks, Kitty. pretty sure I had them both in my Pannini sticker collection!
posted on 30/9/15
RIP Ron Springett
Sorry I'm late on your article Kitty, I have only just seen it. He was a great keeper who I believe was awarded a World Cup Winners medal in 2009 for being part of the '66 squad. He was very unlucky that Banksy was just coming to the fore at the time. I had the privilege of watching him in the flesh during his swansong at QPR during the 1968-69 season, which was the first matches I ever attended, before I became a Chelsea fan. Rangers were relegated that year and he didn't get a lot of cover from that defence.
posted on 30/9/15
Hi Chelsea, glad you finally got here.
He did get his World Cup medal and he deserved it. Ron Springett was the goalie at Wednesday when I first started watching and he was exceptional. You'll understand it when I say that even Mr Kitty says he was a great keeper. Those were the days when football was 'real' and there were no 'divas'.
posted on 30/9/15
As you know his main Club was Wednesday, QPR was just at the start and end of his career. The bulk of his performances were at Hillsborough. We both had great keepers in that '66 squad but Gordon Banks justified his selection ahead of Ron and Peter.
posted on 30/9/15
Got to admit that's true - in those days only 11 could play and the ones that missed out were so unlucky. England had some great keepers in that era. I liked 'The Cat' - well I would, wouldn't I?
posted on 30/9/15
I'm just leaving work now Kitty, you take care and we'll talk again soon.
posted on 30/9/15
Always a pleasure Chelsea