Eddie Shimwell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmund Shimwell | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Birchover, England | ||
| Date of death | October 1988 (aged 68) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??-1939 | Wirksworth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1946 | Sheffield United | 14 | (0) |
| 1946–1957 | Blackpool | 283 | (5) |
| 1957–1958 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | Burton Albion | ? | (?) |
| 1959–1960 | Matlock Town | ? | (?) |
| Total | 304 | (5) | |
| National team | |||
| 1949 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Burton Albion (player-manager) | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Edmund "Eddie" Shimwell (27 February 1920 — October 1988) was an English professional footballer.
Born in Birchover,Derbyshire, Shimwell was a trainee with Sheffield United in 1939, but failed to break into the first team before the outbreak of World War II. In 1943–44, he made 15 guest appearances for Southampton.
Shimwell began his professional career with Sheffield United in 1946, but on 20 December he made the move to the club with which he made his name, Blackpool. The Blades had refused Shimwell permission to run a pub — the Plough Inn, in Two Dales — which prompted him to put in a transfer request. Blackpool manager Joe Smith jumped in to sign the full-back for £7,000.
His debut for Blackpool was supposed to be against Charlton Athletic, the day after his signing, but it was put back after his train got stuck in snow, which meant he didn't arrive at The Valley until half-time. His first game came four days later, on Christmas Day, against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. He replaced Eric Sibley, and from that moment he made the right-back position his own.
Shimwell scored two important FA Cup goals for Blackpool; the first, against Chester City on 24 January 1948, was a 60-yard lob, the combination of a following wind and frozen pitch saw it bounce over the goalkeeper's head. Blackpool reached that year's final, in which they met eventual victors Manchester United, and Shimwell became the first full-back to score in such a Wembley event when his 12th-minute penalty gave Blackpool the lead.
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