Eddie Clamp

Infobox Football biography
playername = Eddie Clamp


fullname = Harold Edwin Clamp
dateofbirth = birth date|1934|9|14
cityofbirth = Coalville
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1995|11|10|1934|9|14
cityofdeath = Wolverhampton
countryofdeath = England
nickname =
height =
position = Right half
youthyears =
youthclubs = Coalville Schools
years = 1953-1961
1961-1962
1962-1964
1964-1965
1965-1967
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal
Stoke City
Peterborough United
Worcester City
caps(goals) = 214 (23)
022 0(1)
050 0(1)
008 0(0)
00- 00(-)
nationalyears = 1958
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 0(0)

Harold Edwin Clamp (born September 14 1934 - November 10 1995) was an English footballer.

Clamp joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1950, turning professional in April 1952, before breaking into the first team to make his debut on March 6, 1954, away at Manchester United. He made one further appearance that season as he club won their first league title. He later became an integral part of the first team and won League Championships in (1957-58 and 1958-59) and the 1960 FA Cup.

He played over 200 matches for Wolves before signing for Arsenal for £34,000 in November 1961. The last signing made by George Swindin, he made his debut against Nottingham Forest on November 18 1961 but stayed only ten months. His tough tackling style had failed to find favour with his former teammate, now Arsenal manager, Billy Wright, and so he was sold to Stoke City in September 1962 for £14,000.

At Stoke, he won the Second Division title in 1962-63, playing alongside Stanley Matthews. He finished his league career at Peterborough United, before dropping into the non-league with Worcester City and Lower Gornal. He retired from football in 1969 to run a building and decorating business in Wednesfield.

Clamp also played four times for the England national football team, including three matches in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, after making his debut just before the tournament in a friendly draw in Russia on May 18 before 102,000 spectators.