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Eddie
Shimwell |
Blackpool FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 3
0% successful
1946-49
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Edmund Shimwell |
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Birth |
27 February 1920 in Bolehill, Wirksworth, Derbyshire [registered
as Edmond in
Bakewell, March 1920].
To Daniel Stone (1895-1974) and
Marion Christina (née Phillips) (b.16 March 1898 d.14 December 1984) |
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Marriage |
to Dorothy
Bowyer, in St. Mary's Church in Wirksworth
[registered in Belper, June 1941]. Dorothy died 13 March 1987. |
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According to the 1939
register, Edmund was a loader at the local limestone quarry. He is the
oldest of at least five children to Daniel and Marion. They live at 49 Top
Road in Bole Hill, between Wirksworth and Cromford. |
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Death |
3 October 1988
at 41 Fieldhouse Avenue in Thornton Cleveleys, aged
68 years 219 days
[registered in Blackpool & Fylde, December 1988].
Buried
in Wirksworth Church churchyard with is wife, Dorothy. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his football career with local club Wirksworth FC, then
Birchover Old Boys FC., also assisting Mill Close Mines Welfare FC and
represented Derby & District Senior League. Despite an unsuccessful trial
with Derby County FC, Shimwell joined Birchover FC, in the Hope Valley
League, from where he signed professional forms with Sheffield United on
10 January 1939, but following the war, during which he guested with
Southampton FC, and after fourteen league appearances,
United refused to allow Shimwell to be a licensed victualler of
the Plough Inn in Two Dales, he requested a transfer and chose to sign for Blackpool FC on 20 December 1946 for
£8000, Barnsley FC had also offered to break their transfer record for him.
After 283 league appearances and five goals, Shimwell signed with
Oldham Athletic FC in May 1957. Made seven league appearances.
Took up the player-manager role at Burton Albion FC in May 1958,
retiring at the end of that year. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1947-48, 1950-51, winners 1952-53; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1953; Football League Division One runners-up 1955-56;
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
His father, Dan
Shimwell, was a qualified football referee in the Hope Valley
League and Matlock & District League. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 11", 11st.
7lbs [1939], 5'
10 ",
12st.
6lbs [1949]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of two who became the 681st
player (681) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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Only match |
No. 246, 13 May 1949,
Sweden
3 England 1, an end-of-season
tour match at Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, aged
29 years
75 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died six days
after Willis Edwards and seventeen days after Dick Pym.
Shimwell is the first (of
five) ex-England players to die in October 1988, making this the
deadliest month (excluding February 1958). |
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Beyond England |
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After hanging up his boots, Shimwell
became licensee at The Royal Volunteer, a pub in Clay Cross, Derbyshire,
as well as The Duke of Wellington in Matlock. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.223. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
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captain |
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2 |
1 |
two |
90 |
0 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
-1 |
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his only match was played at an away venue, it was a friendly match,
and played in a white shirt |
Match
History
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Club:
Sheffield United F.C. -
no full appearances |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - one full appearance (90
min)
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