Vic Rouse

Raymond Victor Rouse (born 16 March 1936) is a Welsh former footballer and coach who played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper, before becoming a football manager.

Playing career Born in Swansea, Rouse played in the English Football League for Crystal Palace, Oxford United and Leyton Orient. He was also a player with Millwall (as an amateur) and Northampton Town without making a league appearance for either club. Rouse later played in the North American Soccer League for the Atlanta Chiefs.

Rouse earned one cap at full international level for Wales.

Coaching career Rouse had been attracted to the Chiefs as part of Phil Woosnam's team when his Welsh compatriot was appointed the club's first head coach in 1967. Woosnam left the Chiefs at the end of the 1968 NASL to become Commissioner of the NASL and ahead of the 1969 season, Rouse was appointed player-manager of the Chiefs. After retiring as a player in 1972, he returned to England to become manager of Metropolitan Police.

Personal life Rouse's parents were English. His father, also called Vic, was a professional footballer who had played in Wales and had returned to Wales by the time Rouse was born in 1936.