Player Info

  • Wilfred James Mannion

  • Born: 16th May 1918, South Bank, Middlesbrough

  • Position whilst with England: Inside Forward

  • Clubs whilst with England: Middlesbrough

  • Scored England's first ever World Cup goal
    Against Chile in Brazil in 1950.

Match Statistics

    • Type
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Friendly
    • 15
    • 3
    • 0
    • 1350
    • 0
    • 0
    • World Cup Qualifier
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • World Cup Finals
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 180
    • 0
    • 0
    • Home Championship
    • 8
    • 7
    • 0
    • 641
    • 0
    • 0
    • Competitive
    • 11
    • 8
    • 0
    • 911
    • 0
    • 0
    • Home
    • 11
    • 6
    • 0
    • 911
    • 0
    • 0
    • Away
    • 13
    • 4
    • 0
    • 1170
    • 0
    • 0
    • Neutral
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 180
    • 0
    • 0
    • Total
    • 26
    • 11
    • 0
    • 2261
    • 0
    • 0

    Match Statistics

    Sources

    • An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)

    Match List