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.
Personal information | |||
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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 |
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]
Birmingham City[4]
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