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Dennis
Viollet |
Manchester
United FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 4: A 3
50% successful
1958-61
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Dennis Sydney Viollet |
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Birth |
20 September 1933 in Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire [registered in
Manchester South, September 1933]. Youngest of three to Charles
Sydney and Hannah. |
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Cannot be found on the 1939
register, presumably still closed. |
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First marriage |
to Barbara Mavis Southern, at St. Edmund's Church in Manchester
[registered in Manchester, June 1951]. They had four children,
Stephanie (b.1951), Roger (b.1957) Deborah (b.1958) and Malcolm (b.1961).
Divorced in 1969. |
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According to the
Passenger Notes, Dennis Viollet was one of many Manchester United
footballers that arrived in New York on board the Queen Mary on 20 June
1960. His address was stated as 561 Kings Road in Stretford. |
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Second marriage |
to Helen B. Greeph
[registered in Manchester, June 1969]. One daughter, Rachel (b.1972),
she will become a leading British tennis player, reaching the
second round at Wimbledon 1996. |
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Death |
6 March 1999 in
Jacksonville, Florida, aged
65 years 167 days
[not registered in UK]. Following a two-year battle with a
brain tumour. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Viollet: Life
of a Legendary Goalscorer - Rob Cavanagh and Brian Hughes (Empire
Publications Ltd., 15 October 2001) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
In 2010,
Viollet was inducted into the Washington DC Soccer Hall of Fame. Viollet
was also inducted into the first class of the USL Hall of Fame in 2002.
The annual University of North Florida/Jacksonville University football
match has been contested for the Viollet Cup since 2001. The Dennis
Viollet Soccer Training Center was dedicated in 2006 and located at the
Complete Soccer Academy in Longwood, Florida. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
0lbs [1961]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
792nd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 391, 22 May 1960, Hungary 2 England 0, an
end-of-season final tour match at Népstadion, Budapest, aged
26 years
245 days. |
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Last match |
No. 351, 28 September 1961,
England 4 Luxembourg 1, a World Cup qualification match at Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 28 years 8 days.
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional) |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
| 3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
180 |
2 |
180
min |
1 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.5 |
50 |
=0 |
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All matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue & Competition Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home venue
World Cup preliminary |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Away venue
Friendly match |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1960-62 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
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Club: Manchester
United F.C. - two full appearances (180 min) 1ᵍ |
manager:
Walter
Winterbottom - two
full appearances (180 min) 1ᵍx
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final
22 would be selected, on April 22 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included
Dennis Viollet. |
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