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Dennis
Viollet |
Manchester
United FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 4: A 3
50% successful
1960-61
disciplined: none
Captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Dennis Sydney Viollet |
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Born |
20 September 1933 in Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire [registered in
Manchester South, September 1933]. Youngest of three to Charles
Sydney and Hannah. |
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Register Notes |
Cannot be found on the 1939
register, presumably still closed. |
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According to the
Passenger Notes, Dennis Viollet was one of many Manchester United
footballers that arrived in New York on board the Queen Mary on 20 June
1960. His address was stated as 561 Kings Road in Stretford. |
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Married |
twice, firstly
to Barbara Mavis Southern, at St. Edmund's Church in Manchester
[registered in Manchester, June 1951]. They had four children,
Stephanie (b.1951), Roger (b.1957) Deborah (b.1958) and Malcolm (b.1961).
After their divorce in 1969, he then married Helen B. Greeph
[registered in Manchester, June 1969]. One daughter, Rachel (b.
1972), who would become a leading British tennis player, reaching the
second round at Wimbledon 1996. |
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Died |
6 March 1999 in
Jacksonville, Florida, aged
65 years 167 days
[not registered in UK]. Following a two-year battle with a
brain tumour. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
0lbs [1961]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Viollet: Life
of a Legendary Goalscorer - Rob Cavanagh and Brian Hughes (Empire
Publications Ltd., 15 October 2001) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
In 2010,
Viollet was inducted into the Washington DC Soccer Hall of Fame. Viollet
was also inducted into the first class of the USL Hall of Fame in 2002.
The annual University of North Florida/Jacksonville University football
match has been contested for the Viollet Cup since 2001. The Dennis
Viollet Soccer Training Center was dedicated in 2006 and located at the
Complete Soccer Academy in Longwood, Florida. |
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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 |
792nd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 391, 22 May 1960, Hungary 2 England 0, an
end-of-season final tour match at Népstadion, Budapest, aged
26 years
245 days. |
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Last match |
No. 351, 28 September 1961,
England 4 Luxembourg 1,
a World Cup qualification match at Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 28 years 8 days.
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional squad) |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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Dennis Viollet - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| - |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
2 |
180
min |
1 |
none |
none |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Dennis Viollet
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All
- White |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Dennis Viollet
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Dennis Viollet
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1960-62 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Dennis Viollet
- Match History |
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Club: Manchester
United F.C. - 2 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 2
full capsx
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Age 24 |
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England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final
22 would be selected, on April 22 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included
Dennis Viollet. |
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Age 26 |
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- |
339 |
11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
tour |
HD |
squad member |
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- |
340 |
15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0, El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
AL |
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1 |
341 |
22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0, Népstadion,
Budapest |
AL |
Start |
10 |
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Age 28 |
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2 |
351 |
28 September 1961
-
England 4 Luxembourg 1,
Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury |
WCP |
HW |
Start
37 |
10 |
Notes
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