Bill Slater (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William John Slater[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Clitheroe, England | ||
Date of death | 18 December 2018 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | Oxfordshire, England | ||
Position(s) |
full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944–1951 | Blackpool | 30 | (9) |
1951–1952 | Brentford | 7 | (1) |
1952–1963 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 310 | (24) |
1963–1964 | Brentford | 5 | (2) |
Northern Nomads | |||
Total | 352 | (36) | |
International career | |||
1950–1953 | England Amateurs | 20 | (7) |
1952 |
Great Britain | 1 | (1) |
1954–1960 | England | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William John Slater,
Career
Slater started his career as a 16-year-old amateur at
After finishing college, in December 1951 he moved to
At the World Cup he played all four of England's matches, the first two at
In July 1963, he returned to Brentford and later played for Northern Nomads.[7]
Later life
In 1982, Slater was appointed an OBE for his services to sport.[3] A CBE followed in 1998.[3] In February 2009, his daughter Barbara Slater was chosen to be the first female Director of Sport at the BBC.[15] Slater died on 18 December 2018, aged 91, from complications of Alzheimer's disease.[16]
Honours
Other
- Wolverhampton Wanderers Hall of Fame[4]
- Order of the British Empire: 1982 Officer (Civil)[3]
- Order of the British Empire: 1998 Commander (Civil)[3]
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1960[4]
References
- General
- Bill Slater at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- Wolverhampton Wanderers profile
- Specific
- ^ "Bill Slater". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Bill Slater". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Bill Slater OBE, CBE | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Club | Golden Oldies | Golden Oldies". Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "| Wolverhampton Wanderers FC". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.
- ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
- ^ ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Player Appearances". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Goalscorers". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Bill Slater". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Glanville, Brian (20 December 2018). "Bill Slater obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Bill SLATER". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ "William Slater". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Bill Slater – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "BBC – Press Office – Barbara Slater appointed new Director of BBC Sport". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Bill Slater – 1927 – 2018". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.