Dennis Hill Explained

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]

Life and career

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birmingham City : 1947/48–2007/08 . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 16 May 2009.
  2. Book: Matthews, Tony . Birmingham City: A Complete Record . 1995 . Breedon Books . Derby . 97–98 . 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. Matthews, p. 189.
  4. Web site: Pen pictures and player profiles . Down Causeway Lane . Matlock Town F.C. . https://web.archive.org/web/20090507102643/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pstopford/facuppenpics.html . 7 May 2009.
  5. Web site: Gladiator History . Matlock Town F.C. . 25 July 2015 . 6 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180106075634/http://www.matlocktownfc.co.uk/clubinfo/club-history/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Crook back for record replay . Down Causeway Lane . Matlock Town F.C. . https://web.archive.org/web/20050911181824/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pstopford/crooktownreplay.htm . 11 September 2005.
  7. Web site: Matlock Town . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 16 May 2009.