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Bill
Slater |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
12 appearances, 0 goals
P 12 W 5 D
5 L 2 F 23: A 16
63% successful
1954-60
captain: none
minutes played: 1080 |
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Timeline |
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William John Slater
OBE,
CBE |
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Birth |
29 April 1927 in Clitheroe, Lancashire [registered in
Clitheroe, June 1927]. |
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Marriage |
to Marion Warr [registered in
Ealing, Middlesex,September 1952]. |
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Death |
18 December 2018
at Wytham House care home, Oaken Holt, Eynsham Road, in Oxford,
aged 91 years 233 days, suffering with Alzheimer's disease. |
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Funeral |
12.40pm, Tuesday, 15 January 2019
at Mortlake Crematorium |
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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 playing junior football in Lancashire.
Slater remained an amateur during the war, signing for Blackpool FC in
1944, also assisting Yorkshire Amateurs FC whilst at Leeds Training
College. Played thirty league appearances and scored nine goals
for the Seasider, before he signed as a Brentford AFC amateur in
December 1951, and on 9 August 1952, after one goal in seven
league outings, signed amateur forms with Wolverhampton Wanderers
FC, ahead of a late bid from Birmingham City FC. He turned professional at
the age of 27 years old on 18 February 1954. He remained to captain
Wolves' most successful periods in their history, making 310
league appearances, scoring 24 goals, leaving to return to
Brentford AFC for the 1963-64 season, making five league
appearances, scoring twice. He subsequently made sporadic
appearances for the Northern Nomads FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1947-48, 1950-51, winners 1959-60;
FA
Charity Shield shared 1954, 1960, runners-up 1958, winners
1959;
Football League Division One runners-up 1954-55, 1959-60, Champions 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59;
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Individual honours |
Football League (September 1954, injured);
FWA Player of the Year 1959-60; Officer of the British
Empire 1982, Commander of the British Empire
1998 |
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Distinctions |
Last
amateur to won the FA Cup.
According to newspaper reports in April
1960, Slater was being 'groomed' to be the next England manager when
Walter Winterbottom became the FA Secretary and Stanley Rous moved into
FIFA. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
7lbs [1957]. |
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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 741st players (741) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half, centre-half. |
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First match |
No. 292, 10 November 1954,
England 3
Wales
2,
a British
Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
27 years 195 days. |
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Last match |
No. 338, 9 April 1960,
Scotland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount
Flordia, Glasgow, aged 32 years 346 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954 (provisional squad), 1958;
British Championship 1954-55, 1957-58, 1959-60; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1954-55, shared 1957-58,
1959-60; |
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Individual honours |
England Amateur (twenty appearances, seven goals, some as captain),
Great Britain (one appearance, 1952) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
Slater held an appointment as deputy Director of the Crystal
Palace Sports Centre, subsequently working as a Director of Physical
Education at Liverpool University and Birmingham University. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.224/225.
Also President
of the British Gymnastics Association in 1989. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
unused/
reserve |
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captain |
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9 |
12 |
7 |
1080 |
one |
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
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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12 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
23 |
16 |
+7 |
3 |
3 |
1.917 |
1.333 |
62.5 |
+3 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
3.25 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+4 |
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Away |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Neutral |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
Shirt Record
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Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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White |
11 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
20 |
15 |
+5 |
3 |
3 |
1.818 |
1.364 |
59.1 |
+2 |
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Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
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WCF |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
| World Cup |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
|
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| Friendly |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.20 |
0.60 |
80.0 |
+3 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Final Tournament |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1958 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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WCF
All |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1957-58 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1959-60 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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BC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
+4 |
2 |
2 |
1.714 |
1.143 |
57.1 |
+1 |
Match History
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match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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May 1st 1954 was the date set by FIFA for
a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be
selected for each country's World Cup squad. England's list appeared on April 22
1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. 18 were destined not to make the final
cut, including Bill Slater. |
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