#1 Ray Wilson
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The word ‘undertaker’ generally excites WWE fans because of Mark Calaway, better known as the Undertaker in the wrestling fraternity. While Calaway isn’t really an undertaker, neither did he ever have to do anything with the disposal of dead bodies, there was once an undertaker in the footballing world.
Ray Wilson was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup after beating West Germany in the final. The former left-back was one of the unsung heroes of the squad that, to this day, is England’s only ever to win something in international football.
After retirement, the Huddersfield Town legend chose not to stick with the game and start an undertaker business in Huddersfield instead. In 1997, he retired from the business altogether and chose to live the life of a proper retiree.
The saddest part about this story is that Wilson was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2004 and doesn’t remember the glorious moment he lived as a World Cup winner. In an interview to the Mirror, his wife, Pat Wilson, said: “He asks me ‘Why can’t I remember?’ and I tell him he’s had a good time while he was there and that’s all that matters.”
But he is a happy man now as, according to Mrs. Wilson, "he’ll get up in the morning singing away; he loves Frank Sinatra.”
Who doesn’t?
