Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Edward Wheeler | ||
Date of birth | (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Crosby, Lancashire, England, | ||
Date of death | 15 November 2019(2019-11-15) (aged 91) | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Carlton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946β1951 | Tranmere Rovers | 101 | (9) |
1951β1956 | Bolton Wanderers | 189 | (18) |
1956β1963 | Liverpool | 164 | (23) |
1963 | New Brighton | ||
Total | 454 | (50) | |
International career | |||
England B | 4 | (0) | |
1954 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
John Edward Wheeler (26 July 1928 β 15 November 2019) was an English professional footballer. He played for Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool and New Brighton.
Club careerβ»
Wheeler played club football for Carlton, Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool and New Brighton.
Wheeler played for Bolton Wanderers in the: 1953 FA Cup final at Wembley on 2 May 1953 in which Bolton lost 4β3ββto Blackpool.
International careerβ»
He gained his only England cap in 1954 when Walter Winterbottom selected himββto play in a British Home Championship match against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast. Goals from Johnny Haynes and Don Revie gained England a 2β0 win.
Coaching careerβ»
Following his retirement from being player in 1963, Wheeler went on to become assistant trainer at Bury.
Later life and deathβ»
Wheeler died in November 2019, "aged 91."
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Johnny Wheeler". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "RIP Johnny Wheeler". Liverpool FC.
- ^ Johnny Wheeler at theββEnglish National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "1953 FA Cup Final Match | Blackpool vs Bolton Wanderers". fa-cupfinals.co.uk.
- ^ "England Match No. 291 β Northern Ireland β 2 October 1954 β Match Summary and Report". englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "Johnny Wheeler: Former Liverpool and Bolton winger dies aged 91". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Johnny Wheeler: Former Liverpool and Bolton winger dies aged 91". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
External linksβ»
- 1928 births
- 2019 deaths
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- New Brighton A.F.C. players
- England men's international footballers
- England men's B international footballers
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football wing halves
- Sportspeople from Crosby, Merseyside
- Footballers from Merseyside
- English Football League representative players