Ray Goddardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Raymond "Ray" Goddard (13 February 1949 − 11 December 2007) was an English football goalkeeper who played for three London clubs between 1967 and 1981. Goddard began his career as a member of Fulham's youth team, but was released without being offered a professional contract. He subsequently joined Orient, where he spent eight seasons. In 1967 the entire Orient squad was transfer-listed to ease the financial plight of the club, with the exception of Goddard. He was a member of the Orient side that won the Third Division title in 1969-70, and narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight in 1974. In total, he played 278 league games for the O's. He unluckily lost his place to the newly signed John Jackson in October 1973 but returned to the first team after an injured Jackson was dropped in the O's failed promotion campaign of '73-'74. He suffered a strained relationship with manager George Petchey after first learning of his demotion at Jackson's expense on the team bus. Before leaving the O's he even joined Greenock Morton in Scotland for a month before finally deciding to leave Orient.