|
Johnny
Wheeler |
Bolton Wanderers FC,
Liverpool FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 2: A 0
100% successful
1952-58
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
 |
Timeline |
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John Edward Wheeler |
Birth |
26 July 1928 in Crosby, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in
West Derby, September 1928]. To Albert Edward and Emily (née
Moran) |
|
The 1939 register for John
Wheeler is still closed. In 2002, he and Freda were
living at Croft Avenue in Ormskirk. |
Marriage |
to Freda Ellen Rae
[registered in Crosby, March 1952]. Freda died 11 October
2007 |
Death |
15 November
2019 at 1b Mill Lane, Hesketh Bank in Preston, Lancashire, aged 91 years 112 days. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
x |
Club honours |
x |
Individual honours |
x |
Distinctions |
x |
Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
2lbs [1958]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of seven who became the 734th players
(736) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Right-half |
Only match |
No. 291, 2 October 1954,
Northern Ireland 0 England 2, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
26 years
68 days. |
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional squad);
British Championship 1954-55; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1954-55; |
Individual honours |
England B
(five appearances, 1952-56) |
Distinctions |
The 130th
Lancastrian to represent England |
Beyond England |
x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
Goals |
Captain |
3 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
Venue, Colour
and Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Away
venue White uniform British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
British Championship |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
Club:
Bolton Wanderers F.C. - one
full appearance (90 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - one full appearance
(90 min)x
|
Age 23 |
B |
|
two appearances - Netherlands, March
1952, France, May 1952 |
|
B |
|
one appearance - West Germany, March 1955 |
Age 27 |
|
two appearances - Yugoslavia, October
1955, Scotland, February 1956 |
|
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
Johnny Wheeler. |
Notes
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