Dennis Hill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 August 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Willenhall, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Darlaston | ? | (?) |
| 1951–1957 | Birmingham City | 4 | (0) |
| 1957–1959 | Burton Albion | ? | (?) |
| 1959–196x | Matlock Town | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dennis Hill (born 16 August 1929) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.[1]
Playing career
Hill was born in Willenhall, Staffordshire. He joined Birmingham City in June 1951,[2] and made his debut in the Second Division on 13 February 1954, deputising for regular outside left Alex Govan in a home game against West Ham United which Birmingham won 2–0.[3] Hill played only three more games over the next three years, as Govan's goalscoring ability kept him out of first-team consideration, and in February 1957 he decided to pursue a career as a draughtsman while playing part-time football, first with Burton Albion[2] and then with Matlock Town. He scored seven goals from 38 appearances for Matlock in the 1959–60 season,[4] when the team won the championship of the Central Alliance League[5] and reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Birmingham City : 1947/48–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 189.
- ↑ "Pen pictures and player profiles". Down Causeway Lane. Matlock Town F.C. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Club History". Matlock Town F.C. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Crook back for record replay". Down Causeway Lane. Matlock Town F.C. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Matlock Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 16 May 2009.