title: Ray Pointer
text: # Ray Pointer
  
  Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was an English professional association footballer and England international who played as a striker.
  
  He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, Bury, Coventry City, Portsmouth and Waterlooville. He won 3 England caps overall whilst at Burnley, scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win against Luxembourg. He scored in that match. His other England goal was against Portugal. He died in a nursing home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 2016.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Burnley
  
  * Football League First Division champions: 1959–60
  * FA Cup runner-up: 1962
  