Career
He made his debut for his home-town team Swansea Town in 1951-1952 and went on to make 148 Football League appearances for the Swans. Medwin moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £25,000 in May 1956, and played there until 1963 when a broken leg forced his early retirement. In total he earned 30 caps and scored 6 goals for Wales from 1953 to 1963.
After his playing career ended, he coached at Fulham and was assistant manager to John Toshack at Swansea.
In 1971 he was the trainer of a Wales XI side that toured Asia and Oceania, and which was managed by Dave Bowen.