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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
  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 will remain closed until 2028.
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); 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 unused/
reserve		 minutes captain
4 1 1 five 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 0 100 +1
his only match was played at an away venue, it was a British Championship match, and played in a white shirt

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
Age 23 B  
two appearances - Netherlands March 1952, France Espoirs May 1952
 
 Club: Bolton Wanderers F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - one full appearance (90 min)x
 
apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt
 
Age 26
1 291 2 October 1954 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2
Windsor Park, Belfast		 BC AW   4
  
 

one of seven who became the 733rd player (736) to appear for England.
the nineteenth Bolton Wanderers player to represent England
 
B  
one appearance - West Germany March 1955
Age 27  
two appearances - Yugoslavia October 1955, Scotland February 1956

303 9 May 1956 - England 4 Brazil 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW replacement unused sub
304 16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
tour		 AD
unused sub
305 20 May 1956 - Finland 1 England 5, Olympiastadion, Helsinki AW
306 26 May 1956 - West Germany 1 England 3, Olympiastadion, Berlin AW
  
 
 Club: Liverpool F.C. - no full appearances  

Age 28
312 8 May 1957 - England 5 Republic of Ireland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley
WCP		 HW reserve
313 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4, Idrætsparken, København AW standby
party member
314 19 May 1957 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1, Dalymount Park, Dublin AD

Age 29
315 19 October 1957 - Wales 0 England 4, Ninian Park, Cardiff BC AW party member
             

319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW party member
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.
  

 
  

 
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