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Michael Stephen Hellawell (born 30 June 1938) is a former professional footballer who made 322 appearances in the Football League and played twice for England.

Mike Hellawell

Personal information
Full name	Michael Stephen Hellawell[1]
Date of birth	(1938-06-30) 30 June 1938 (age 84)[1]
Place of birth	Keighley, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1957	Queens Park Rangers	45	(7)
1957–1965	Birmingham City	178	(30)
1965–1966	Sunderland	44	(2)
1966–1968	Huddersfield Town	46	(1)
1968–1969	Peterborough United	9	(0)
1969–1971	Bromsgrove Rovers
National team
1962	England	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life and career

Hellawell was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire.[1] He and his brother John, who also played football professionally, attended St Bede's Grammar School in Bradford.[2] Hellawell signed for Queens Park Rangers in August 1955 from Salts, a small non-League club from Saltaire, and made his debut in the home match against Exeter City on 25 February 1956.[3] He was selected to play for the Third Division South representative team against the Northern Section in April 1957.[4] He played 45 games in the Football League for Rangers[1] before being transferred to Birmingham City in 1957.[4]

While with Birmingham he played in the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, won the League Cup in 1963,[4] and won his two full caps for England, against France and Northern Ireland in 1962.[5] After eight years at Birmingham he went on to play league football for Sunderland, Huddersfield Town and Peterborough United and non-league football for Bromsgrove Rovers.[6]

Hellawell also showed promise as a cricket all-rounder for Warwickshire, for whom he played one first-class match.[7]

Honours

Birmingham City[4]

• Football League Cup: 1962–63
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up: 1960–61

References

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