George Showell

George William Showell (9 February 1934 – 18 December 2012) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City and Wrexham.

He spent the majority of his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the 1960 FA Cup Final.

George Showell
Personal information
Full name George William Showell
Date of birth (1934-02-09)9 February 1934
Place of birth Bilston, England
Date of death 18 December 2012(2012-12-18) (aged 78)
Place of death Wrexham, Wales
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
SE Staffordshire
1949–19xx Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1965 Wolverhampton Wanderers 200 (3)
1965–1966 Bristol City 11 (0)
1966–1968 Wrexham 48 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Showell was born in Bilston and signed up by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1949. After several seasons in the reserves, he made his senior debut on 2 April 1955 in a 1–1 draw against Preston North End. This was the first in a run of games he had at the end of the 1954–55 season,.

He did however play in two of the club's league championship triumphs, as well as in the 1960 FA Cup Final, where they beat Blackburn Rovers 3–0 at Wembley, and the 1959 and 1960 Charity Shield matches. He finally gained a regular first-team role after Billy Wright retired at the beginning of the 1959–60 campaign, and over the first half of the 1960s was a first-choice player at Molineux, amassing 218 appearances in total.

When the club were relegated in 1965, Showell moved to Bristol City. He spent just eighteen months there before joining Wrexham in November 1966, where he finished his playing career. He remained with Wrexham until 1990, as assistant manager, trainer, caretaker manager, and physiotherapist, and was one of 20 inaugural inductees to the club's Supporters Association Hall of Fame.

He died on 18 December 2012 aged 78. He collapsed while shopping at a supermarket and died later in Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

References

  • George Showell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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