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Sir Alf Ramsey

Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey
Dagenham, Essex 1920 - Ipswich 1999
English footballer and manager of the English national football team from 1963 to 1974
(Wikipedia)

Sean Hedges-Quinn
2000

Description

Bronze statue on a pedestal with the coat of arms of the town if Ipswich and of Ipswich Town Football Club.

Inscription(s)

SIR ALFRED RAMSEY
1920-1999

ipswich town manager
1955-1963
division one champions 1961-62
england team manager
1968-1974
world cup winners 1966

Erected by I.T. F.C. Supporters Club
in recognition of a great man
August 2000

On and other side the name gary mayne is incised.

Signed: Sean / Hedges-Quinn / coach / 2000
Stab / Mitchell / 2000

Annotation

The statue was commissioned by the Ipswich Town Supporters' Club after an initial idea by local fan Seán Salter. The sculpture was unveiled by Ray Crawford.

Sculptor

Sean Hedges-Quinn, British sculptor, animator, and film model and prop-maker (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Ipswich Borough Council, Public Art in Ipswich.
Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk, Ipswich Sculpture Trail PDF on-line.
Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk, database.

Locatie (N 52°3'21" - E 1°8'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbee024; Photograph: 1 August 2012
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