Bill Shorthouse
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| Bill Shorthouse | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 May 1922 | |
| Place of birth | Bilston, England | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1947–1957 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 344 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1970 | Birmingham City (joint caretaker) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Bill Shorthouse (born 27 May 1922 in Bilston, Staffordshire) is an English former professional footballer and coach. He played as a defender, first at centre-half until replaced by Billy Wright, then at full-back, and made 344 appearances in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, his only professional club.[1] With Wolves he won the FA Cup in 1949[2] and the First Division championship in 1954, and twice finished runner-up in the First Division. He went on to coach at Birmingham City,[3] and he and chief scout Don Dorman acted as caretaker managers at the end of the 1969–70 season while the club sought a replacement after Stan Cullis, Shorthouse's former manager at Wolves, retired.[4]
Shorthouse served in the Second World War and was wounded in the arm during the Normandy landings.[5]
[edit] Honours
with Wolves
- FA Cup winner 1949.
- Charity Shield (shared) 1949.
- First Division championship 1954.
- First Division runners-up 1950, 1955.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1946-47 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ 1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers. FA Cup History. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Alexander, Douglas. "Lancashire hot Scot", Sunday Times, 2007-03-04. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Manager records (from bcfc-archive.freeserve.co.uk). The Football Network. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Football and the Second World War. The Encylopedia of British Football. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
[edit] External links
- Bill Shorthouse career stats at Soccerbase
- Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Shorthouse, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shorthouse, William |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer, football coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922-05-27 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilston, Staffordshire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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