Bill Slater (footballer)

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Bill Slater
Personal information
Full name William John Slater[1]
Date of birth (1927-04-29)29 April 1927
Place of birth Clitheroe, England
Date of death 18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (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,

CBE (29 April 1927 – 18 December 2018), also commonly known as W. J. Slater, was an English professional footballer. Slater made the majority of his appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won three league championships and the FA Cup.[2]

Career

Slater started his career as a 16-year-old amateur at

inside-forward, he competed with Allan Brown for the number 10 position for the majority of his time at the seaside.[6]

After finishing college, in December 1951 he moved to

Footballer of the Year).[4] He gained 12 caps for England (including four in the 1958 World Cup) and 20 amateur caps.[10]

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackpool

Other

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Bill Slater". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Bill Slater". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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  8. ^ "Player Appearances". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Goalscorers". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Bill Slater". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ^ Glanville, Brian (20 December 2018). "Bill Slater obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Bill SLATER". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  13. ^ "William Slater". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  14. ^ Bill Slater – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  15. ^ "BBC – Press Office – Barbara Slater appointed new Director of BBC Sport". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Bill Slater – 1927 – 2018". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.