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Full Name: Dennis James Wilshaw.
Position: Inside-forward.
Born: Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent, 11 March 1926; Died: Newcastle-under-Lyme, 10 May 2004.
Senior Debut: West Bromwich Albion (a) Wartime Football League (North), 25 September 1943.
Career
Hanley High School, Parkmoor Boys Club, Walsall, Wolves amateur Spt 43, part-time professional, Port Vale (guest) 1944/45, Walsall (loan) 1945/46, Walsall May 1946, Wolves Spt 48, Stoke City Dec 57, Retired 1961.
Highlights
Stoke City- Top Scorer 1958/59; Hat-trick v Middlesbrough (h) FAC 25/1/58.
Walsall- Third Division War Cup runner-up 1946; Top Scorer 1946/47; Hat-trick v Northampton Town (a) 8/4/47.
Wolves- Football League champion 1953/54, 1957/58, runner-up 1949/50, 1954/55; Top Scorer 1953/54; Hat-tricks v Newcastle United (h) 12/3/49, v Charlton Athletic (h) FAC 19/2/55, v Blackpool (h) 22/12/56.
International Honours
England Full: 12 appearances & 10 goals [with Wolves]; World Cup finals 1954; British Championship first 1954, 1955, 1956 (equal), 1957; Hat-trick (4) v Scotland (h) 2/4/55.
England B: 2 appearance & 2 goal [with Wolves].
Stats
Appearances: 434.
Goals: 203.
First Team Record
| WY | FL | FAC | CS | T | ||||||
| A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | |
| 1943/44 | 11 | 4 | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | |||
| 1944/45 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1945/46 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1946/47 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1947/48 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1948/49 | – | 11 | 10 | – | – | 11 | 10 | |||
| 1949/50 | – | 8 | 3 | – | – | 8 | 3 | |||
| 1950/51 | – | 14 | 5 | 1 | – | 15 | 5 | |||
| 1951/52 | – | 14 | 5 | – | – | 14 | 5 | |||
| 1952/53 | – | 29 | 17 | 1 | 1 | – | 30 | 18 | ||
| 1953/54 | – | 39 | 25 | 1 | 1 | – | 40 | 26 | ||
| 1954/55 | – | 38 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 25 | ||
| 1955/56 | – | 26 | 6 | – | – | 26 | 6 | |||
| 1956/57 | – | 20 | 10 | – | – | 20 | 10 | |||
| 1957/58 | – | 12 | 4 | – | – | 12 | 4 | |||
| Total | 13 | 5 | 211 | 105 | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 232 | 117 |
