George Showell

George Showell

Infobox Football biography
playername = George Showell


fullname = George William Showell
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1934|2|9
cityofbirth = Bilston
countryofbirth = England
nickname =
height =
position = Full-back
youthyears =
youthclubs = SE Staffordshire
years = 1949–1965
1965–1966
1966–1968
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City
Wrexham
caps(goals) = 200 0(3)
011 0(0)
048 0(1)

George William Showell (born 9 February 1934 in Bilston) is an English former professional footballer. He spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the 1960 FA Cup Final.

Career

Showell was signed up by Wolves in 1949. After several seasons in the reserves, he made his senior debut on 2 April 1955 in a 1-1 draw against fc|Preston North End. This was the first in a run of games he had at the end of the 1954/55 season, but he fulfilled only a back-up role over the next four seasons.

He did however play in two of the club's league championship triumphs, the 1960 FA Cup Final, where they defeated fc|Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, and the Charity Shield matches of 1959 and 1960. He finally gained a regular first team role in 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 played out his playing career. He remained with them after hanging up his boots, as he became their assistant manager and later also practised as their physiotherapist.


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