Walter Winterbottom - Later Life

Later Life

Immediately after the 1962 World Cup he resigned, as was succeeded by Alf Ramsey as England manager.

He was created an OBE in 1963 and a CBE in 1972, and was awarded a knighthood in 1978.

He died, aged 89, in February 2002.

Winterbottom was posthumously inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of his contribution as a manager to the English game on a national level.

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