Mel Hopkins (7 November 1934 – 18 October 2010)[1] was a Welsh international footballer.
The son of a miner,[2] he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club.
[2] Mel Hopkins made his debut in January 1952[4] and winning a League and FA Cup double in 1961.
A brief spell at Ballymena United in Northern Ireland 1967 was followed by a move to Bradford Park Avenue in January 1969, where he played 30 games, retiring in 1970.
[7] Hopkins played for his country between 1956 and 1963,[8] earning 34 caps[7] including playing for the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where they lost narrowly to Brazil in the quarter-finals.