Bill Shankly

Football, Football player

1913 – 1981

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Who was Bill Shankly?

William "Bill" Shankly OBE was a Scottish footballer and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.

Shankly came from a small Scottish mining community as one of five brothers who played football professionally. He played as a ball winning right half and was capped twelve times for Scotland, including seven wartime internationals. He spent one season at Carlisle United before spending the rest of his career at Preston North End, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1938. His playing career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He became a manager after he retired from playing in 1949, returning to Carlisle United. He later managed Grimsby Town, Workington and Huddersfield Town before moving to become Liverpool manager in December 1959.

Shankly took charge of Liverpool when they were in the Second Division and rebuilt the team into a major force in English and European football. He led Liverpool to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962, before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup.

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Born
Sep 2, 1913
Glenbuck
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • Scottish people
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Lived in
  • East Ayrshire
  • Liverpool
  • Glenbuck
Died
Sep 29, 1981
Liverpool

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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