Johnny Wheeler

Johnny Wheeler
Personal information
Full name	John Edward Wheeler
Date of birth	26 July 1928
Place of birth	Crosby, Lancashire, England,
Date of death	15 November 2019 (aged 91)
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Carlton
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1951	Tranmere Rovers
1951–1956	Bolton Wanderers
1956–1963	Liverpool
1963	New Brighton
Total
International career
	England B
1954	England
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Edward Wheeler (26 July 1928 – 15 November 2019)^[2] was an English professional footballer. He played for Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool and New Brighton.

Club career

Wheeler played for Bolton Wanderers in the 1953 FA Cup final at Wembley on 2 May 1953 in which Bolton lost 4–3 to Blackpool.^[4]

He gained his only England cap in 1954 when Walter Winterbottom selected him to play in a British Home Championship match against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast. Goals from Johnny Haynes and Don Revie gained England a 2–0 win.^[5]

Following his retirement from being a player in 1963, Wheeler went on to become assistant trainer at Bury.^[6]

Wheeler died in November 2019, aged 91.^[7]

Bolton Wanderers

^ "Johnny Wheeler". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ "RIP Johnny Wheeler". Liverpool FC.
^ Johnny Wheeler at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ "1953 FA Cup Final Match | Blackpool vs Bolton Wanderers". fa-cupfinals.co.uk.
^ "England Match No. 291 – Northern Ireland – 2 October 1954 – Match Summary and Report". englandfootballonline.com.
^ "Johnny Wheeler: Former Liverpool and Bolton winger dies aged 91". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Johnny Wheeler: Former Liverpool and Bolton winger dies aged 91". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.