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Mel Hopkins (7 November 1934 – 18 October 2010)[1] was a Wales international footballer. He played at left back.

Mel Hopkins

Personal information
Full name	Melvyn Hopkins
Date of birth	(1934-11-07)7 November 1934
Place of birth	Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales
Date of death	18 October 2010(2010-10-18) (aged 75)
Place of death	Worthing, England
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1964	Tottenham Hotspur	219	(0)
1964–1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	58	(2)
1967–1969	Canterbury City
1969–1970	Bradford Park Avenue	30	(0)
Total		307+	(2)
National team
1956–1963	Wales	34	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

The son of a miner,[2] he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club.[3] He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial.[2] Mel Hopkins made his debut in January 1952[4] and winning a League and FA Cup double in 1961.[5][6] In 1959, he suffered a serious injury following a collision with Ian St John, smashing his nose and upper jaw, an injury which would keep him out of football for two years.[3]

In total, Hopkins played 219 games for Spurs, before leaving Spurs for Brighton and Hove Albion in October 1964 for a transfer fee of £8,000.[3][4] He scored 2 goals and played 58 games for Albion. A brief spell at Ballymena United in Northern Ireland 1967 was followed by a move to Bradford Park Avenue in January 1969, where he played 30 games, retiring in 1970.[7]

International career

Hopkins played for his country between 1956 and 1963,[8] earning 34 caps[7] including playing for the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where they lost narrowly to Brazil in the quarter-finals.[3][9]

In 2003, Hopkins was given a merit award by the Football Association of Wales.[10]

References

Further reading

• Ashley Drake Publishing - When Pele Broke Our Hearts

На других языках

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- [en] Mel Hopkins

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[fr] Mel Hopkins

Mel Hopkins (né le 7 novembre 1934 à Ystrad Rhondda au pays de Galles et mort le 18 octobre 2010 à Worthing en Angleterre) est un footballeur gallois ayant joué pour des équipes anglaises.

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[it] Mel Hopkins

Mel Hopkins (Ystrad Rhondda, 7 novembre 1934 – Worthing, 18 ottobre 2010) è stato un calciatore gallese, di ruolo terzino.

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[ru] Хопкинс, Мел

Ме́лвин (Мел) Хо́пкинс (англ. Melvyn "Mel" Hopkins; 7 ноября 1934 (1934-11-07), Истрад-Ронта[en], Ронта-Кинон-Тав — 18 октября 2010, Уэртинг, Западный Суссекс) — валлийский футболист, наиболее известный по своим выступлениям за «Тоттенхэм Хотспур».

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