Paul Hinshelwood (footballer born 1956)

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Paul Hinshelwood
Personal information
Full name	Paul Alexander Hinshelwood
Date of birth	August 14, 1956 (age 50)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974-1983 1983-1984 1984-1986 1986-1988	Crystal Palace Oxford United Millwall Colchester United	276 (22) 45 (0) 61 (2) 81 (6)
National team
1978-1979	England U21	2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Hinshelwood (born 14 August 1956, in Bristol, England) is a retired English footballer.

Paul grew up in Croydon, and in 1969, Paul (along with his brother Martin) played in the final of the London FA Schools Cup, watched by Crystal Palace manager Arthur Rowe. Rowe was impressed, and the brothers were invited for trials with the club. Both performed well, and were taken on as apprentices.

"Doris", as he was known, originally began as a striker, but did not play that well in the role. In November 1976, Paul switched to playing at right-back. Along with future England left-back Kenny Sansom, Paul sured up the Palace defence, and the club were promoted twice in three seasons, to reach the First Division in 1979. In that season, Paul only missed one game, as Palace went up as champions.

Palace spent two years in the top flight, and Paul was voted as the fans' "Player of the Year" for both. As well as this, he gained two caps for the England under-21 side.

Paul left Palace in 1983, transferring to Oxford United. There, he won the Third Division title for the first time (Palace had only gone up in third place). He then transferred back to south-London, to Millwall. After an unnoteworthy spell there, he moved to Colchester United. After another dull spell, Paul went to Non-League Dartford.

Later, he would reunite with former Palace teammate Steve Kember, as his assistant at Whyteleafe, and would become their manager after Kember left to take up a coaching role at Palace.

Paul's family also have a strong footballing background. As well as his brother Martin, whose career was cut short by injury, Paul's sons, Adam and Paul are both professionals at Brighton & Hove Albion, where Martin was formely the manager.

In 2005, Paul was named in Palace's Centenary XI.

Preceded by Kenny Sansom	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1980-1981	Succeeded by Jerry Murphy
Preceded by Steve Kember	Whyteleafe manager 1993–1994	Succeeded by Lee Richardson