Dennis Hill | |
Position: | Outside left |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1929 |
Birth Place: | Willenhall, England |
Death Place: | Wolverhampton, England |
Clubs1: | Darlaston |
Years2: | 1951–1957 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1957–1959 |
Clubs3: | Burton Albion |
Years4: | 1959–196? |
Clubs4: | Matlock Town |
Dennis Hill (16 August 1929 – July 2020) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.[1]
Hill was born in Willenhall, Staffordshire. He joined Birmingham City in June 1951,[2] and made his debut in the Second Division on 13 February 1954, deputising for regular outside left Alex Govan in a home game against West Ham United which Birmingham won 2–0.[3] Hill played only three more games over the next three years, as Govan's goalscoring ability kept him out of first-team consideration, and in February 1957 he decided to pursue a career as a draughtsman while playing part-time football, first with Burton Albion[2] and then with Matlock Town. He scored seven goals from 38 appearances for Matlock in the 1959–60 season,[4] when the team won the championship of the Central Alliance Division North[5] and reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history.[6] [7]
Hill died in Wolverhampton in July 2020 at the age of 90.