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Full Name: Williams Henry Shorthouse.
Position: Half-back.
Born: Bilston, 27 May 1922, Died: Penn Fields, 6 September 2008.
Senior Debut: Walsall (a) Football League [South], 20 December 1941.
Career
St Martin’s School (Bilston), St Martin’s Old Boys Junior side, Wolves amateur Jne 41, professional Apr 46, Retired 1957, coach cs 1957 to Spt 64, Burnley (guest) 1942/43, Birmingham trainer-coach, caretaker manager, England youth coach 1960s, Aston Villa coach.
Highlights
Wolves- Football League champions 1953/54, runners-up 1949/50, 1954/55; FA Cup winners 1949, semi-finalist 1951.
Stats
Appearances: 379.
Goals: 1.
Manager: 13.
Note: Bill was in the Army during the Second War War. He suffered a serious leg wound on D-Day.
Note: Bill also guided Aston Villa to success in the FA Youth in 1980.
First Team Record
| WY | FL | FAC | CS | T | ||||||
| A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | |
| 1941/42 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||||
| 1942/43 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||||
| 1943/44 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||||
| 1944/45 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1945/46 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1946/47 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1947/48 | – | 30 | 3 | – | 33 | |||||
| 1948/49 | – | 39 | 7 | – | 46 | |||||
| 1949/50 | – | 39 | 4 | 1 | 44 | |||||
| 1950/51 | – | 37 | 7 | – | 44 | |||||
| 1951/52 | – | 37 | 3 | – | 40 | |||||
| 1952/53 | – | 39 | – | – | 39 | |||||
| 1953/54 | – | 40 | 1 | – | 41 | |||||
| 1954/55 | – | 36 | 4 | 1 | 41 | |||||
| 1955/56 | – | 38 | 1 | 1 | – | 39 | 1 | |||
| 1956/57 | – | 9 | – | – | 9 | |||||
| Total | 3 | – | 344 | 1 | 30 | – | 2 | – | 379 | 1 |
