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Player #463

From:

To:

Career Status:

1958-59

1958-59

Retired

Appearances:

13

Starts:

13

Goals:

0

Assists:

0

Involvements:

0

John Sharples

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Full Back

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

John Sharples

Seasons Quick-View

1958 🕒 13 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #463 |

Season :

1958-59

Age :

24

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

13

Starts :

13

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

0

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

0.00

Bookings :

0

Sendings Off :

0

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

John Sharples

Birth Date

8 August 1934

Birth Place

Wolverhampton

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

1953-58 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Heath Town FC

1953-58 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division

Original Transfer

Aged

18

From

Aston Villa Youth

For

Youth

On

July 1953

Under

George Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

25

Walsall

Free

August 1959

Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1959-64 Walsall
Football League Fourth Division, Third Division, Second Division
🕒 124 | ⚽ 1 |

1964 Retired aged 30

Died

1 September 2001, Aged 67

John Sharples

Villa Career

1958 | Youth |
Football League First Division,
🕒 13 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #463 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1958

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

September 1958

Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

First Squad

8 September 1958

Manager

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1958-59

8 September 1958

Wolverhampton Wanderers (h), Division One

24

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1958-59

15 November 1958

Leicester City (a), Division One

24

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Squad

15 November 1958

Manager

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

John Sharples

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Player #463 for Aston Villa, John Sharples, played as a full back for the club.

John played for Villa in 1958-59 making 13 appearances.

John was born in Heath Town, Wolverhampton, just 10 miles from Villa Park, on 8 August 1934 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Monday, 8 September 1958 aged 24 against his hometown club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Villa had signed John from Heath Town FC in October 1955 and he would move on to Walsall August 1959 after playing his final game for Villa on Saturday, 15 November 1958 just over 2 months and 12 games after his debut with Villa heading to the bottom of the table.

John had played under manager Joe Mercer.

John passed away in Wolverhampton on 1 September 2001 aged 67.

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