Eddie Shimwell
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edmund Shimwell[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Birchover, England | ||
Date of death | 30 September 1988 (aged 68) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
19??–1939 | Wirksworth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1946 | Sheffield United | 14 | (0) |
1946–1957 | Blackpool | 283 | (5) |
1957–1958 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | (0) |
1958–1959 | Burton Albion | ? | (?) |
1959–1960 | Matlock Town | ? | (?) |
Total | 304 | (5) | |
International career | |||
1949 | England | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
Burton Albion (player-manager) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edmund Shimwell (27 February 1920 – 30 September 1988) was an English professional footballer.
Playing career
Born in Birchover,[2] Derbyshire, Shimwell was a trainee with Sheffield United in 1939, but failed to break into the first team before the outbreak of World War II. In 1943–44, he made 15 guest appearances for Southampton.[3]
Shimwell began his professional career with
His debut for Blackpool was supposed to be against
Shimwell scored two important FA Cup goals for Blackpool; the first, against Chester City on 24 January 1948, was a 60-yard lob, the combination of a following wind and frozen pitch saw it bounce over the goalkeeper's head. Blackpool reached that year's final, in which they met eventual victors Manchester United, and Shimwell became the first full-back to score in such a Wembley event when his 12th-minute penalty gave Blackpool the lead.[5]
Shimwell played in two more FA Cup Finals with Blackpool, firstly in 1951 against Newcastle United (in which they were on the losing side again, thanks to a Jackie Milburn double), and then in 1953, the famous "Matthews Final" Blackpool victory.
On 13 May 1949, at the age of 29, Shimwell gained his only
A dislocated shoulder, suffered in a win over
Retirement
After retiring, Shimwell became licensee at The Royal Volunteer, a pub in Clay Cross, Derbyshire.[2] He was also the licensee of the Plough Inn, Two Dales, and later of the Duke of Wellington, Matlock.
Shimwell died in 1988 at the age of 68.
Honours
Blackpool
References
- ^ a b "Eddie Shimwell". Englandstats.com.
- ^ a b Matlock Town pen pics Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.
- ^ a b Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p. 114
External links
- Profile at England FC.com Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine