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Vic Buckingham (Victor Frederick Buckingham) was born on 23 October, 1915 in Greenwich, England, is an English footballer and manager (1915–1995). Discover Vic Buckingham's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Victor Frederick Buckingham
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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 23 October, 1915
Birthday 23 October
Birthplace Greenwich, England
Date of death 1995
Died Place Chichester, England
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1915

Victor Frederick Buckingham (23 October 1915 – 26 January 1995) was an English football player and manager.

He played for Second Division side Tottenham Hotspur.

1934

Buckingham joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1934 and played the first season (1934–35) for Tottenham Hotspur nursery club Northfleet United.

1949

After that single season he returned to Tottenham, then playing in the Second Division, where he accumulated 230 matches as a defensive midfielder and later defender before leaving in 1949.

He started his managerial career at Oxford University 1949–50.

1951

After this, he headed the joint amateur team of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Pegasus, with which he won in 1951 the FA Amateur Cup, defeating Bishop Auckland in the final 2–1 in front of a crowd of 100,000 at Wembley Stadium, playing an "attractive push-and-run style of football where they worked hard for one another, kept it simple and passed the ball quickly".

Between 1951 and 1953 he managed Bradford Park Avenue, then playing in the Third Division North of the Football, reaching upper midtable places.

1953

In 1953 he was hired at West Bromwich Albion as successor to Jesse Carver, who returned to Italy.

1954

As manager he won the 1954 FA Cup final with West Bromwich Albion and finished runners-up in the First Division.

He became the club's longest-serving post-war manager, almost leading them to the "double" in 1954 when they won the FA Cup, defeating Preston North End 3–2, and finished second in the league.

1959

In 1959 he became manager of Ajax, succeeding the Austrian Karl Humenberger in the dugout.

There he won the 1959–60 Eredivisie.

1960

He had two periods as manager of AFC Ajax, leading the side to the Dutch Championship of 1960.

For personal reasons he left the club at the end of May 1960, a couple of weeks before the end of the 1960–61 season.

With the only 28-year-old Keith Spurgeon, who was recommended to Ajax by the English FA, another Englishman, the sixth in the history of the club, became trainer of Ajax.

He would stay until the end of the following season.

Initially, it was rumored Buckingham might join Plymouth Argyle, but he ended up at Sheffield Wednesday, runners-up in the 1960–61 First Division, where he replaced Harry Catterick, who was lured to Everton two games before the end of the season.

Under Buckingham's management, Sheffield Wednesday finished in sixth place in three consecutive seasons.

1962

Three of his players at Wednesday – Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne – were accused of taking bribes to fix a match with Ipswich Town on 1 December 1962 and betting on their team to lose, which then lost 2–0.

1964

In 1964 Johan Cruyff made his league debut under him.

On 9 April 1964, he was sacked from his £3,000 a year job with the club.

Jack Mansell, who was suspended by Buckingham from the first team's coaching staff, replaced him as caretaker manager.

Buckingham was never thought to be personally involved in the British betting scandal of 1964, which was revealed on 12 April 1964, however the club management alleged in the aftermath, that lax discipline under him may have played a role.

For the 1964–65 season he returned to Ajax.

This time, the only success was the league debut of the 17-year-old Johan Cruijff in November.

Poor results, including a 9–4 defeat in Rotterdam to SC Feijenoord, saw Ajax close to the relegation zone.

1965

By January 1965, Buckingham had left the club.

In Amsterdam, this was the beginning of the era of Rinus Michels.

In later years Johan Cruijff would speak about Vic Buckingham and Keith Spurgeon:

"They were open-minded but, tactically, you have to see where we were at that time. Football in Holland then was good but it was not really professional. They gave us some professionalism because they were much further down the road. But the tactical thinking came later with Michels. It started then."

Back in England, Buckingham joined First Division side Fulham in January 1965.

1968

The club was struggling at the time and were later relegated in 1968.

It is said that the purchase of Allan Clarke from Walsall was one of his best decisions in that time.

With 45 goals in 86 matches until 1968, Clarke contributed to the club staying up as long as it did and after relegation he was sold for £150,000, then the record British transfer fee.

1969

After a brief stint in Greece he was hired in 1969 by Barcelona in Spain.

1970

There he won the Spanish Cup, the Copa del Generalísimo of 1970–71, in a 4–3 win after extra time against Valencia in the final.

In the same season Barcelona were runner up in the league, behind Valencia.

1971

In 1971, Buckingham's FC Barcelona side finished as league runners-up and won the Spanish Cup.

He also held manager positions with Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday and in Greece.

Buckingham is considered to have been a pioneer of the footballing philosophy known as Total Football, later further developed by his protégé Johan Cruyff.