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Full Name: William John Slater OBE CBE BSc.
Position: Centre-half.
Born: Clitheroe, Lancashire, 29 April 1927; Died: Oxfordshire, 18 December 2018.
Senior Debut: Manchester United (H) First Division, 4 October 1952.
Career
Clitheroe Grammar School, Lancashire & District Youth League, Blackpool amateur May 49, Yorkshire amateurs, Leeds University, Brentford amateur Dec 51, Wolves amateur Aug 51, semi-professional Feb 54, Brentford Jly 63, Northern Nomads, Retired late 1960s.
Highlights
Blackpool- FA Cup runner-up 1951; Hat-trick v Southend United (h) FAC 7/1/50.
Wolves- Football League champion 1953/54; 1957/58, 1958/59, runner-up 1954/55, 1959/60; FA Cup winner 1960.
Stats
Appearances: 386.
Goals: 40.
International Honours
England Full: 12 appearances [all with Wolves]; World Cup finals 1958; British Championship first 1957/58 (equal), 1959/60 (equal).
First Team Record
| FL | FAC | EC | CWC | T | ||||||
| A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | |
| 1952/53 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| 1953/54 | 39 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 2 | |||
| 1954/55 | 38 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 42 | 4 | |||
| 1955/56 | 34 | 7 (4p) | 1 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 8 | ||
| 1956/57 | 32 | 4 (2p) | 2 | – | – | 34 | 4 | |||
| 1957/58 | 14 | 3 | – | – | 17 | |||||
| 1958/59 | 27 | 1 (1p) | 2 | 1 | – | 30 | 1 | |||
| 1959/60 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | 39 | 2 | |||
| 1960/61 | 34 | 1 | – | 3 | 38 | |||||
| 1961/62 | 38 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 40 | 1 | |||
| 1962/63 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | |||||
| Total | 310 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 339 | 25 |
