Joe Shaw (footballer, born 1928)
 Joe Shaw statue outside Bramall Lane | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Shaw[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1928-06-23)23 June 1928[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Murton, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 18 November 2007(2007-11-18) (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Sheffield, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
Upton Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1966 | Sheffield United | 632 | (7) |
| National team | |||
Football League | 2 | (?) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967–1968 | York City | ||
| 1973–1976 | Chesterfield | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Joseph Shaw (23 June 1928 – 18 November 2007) was an English footballer who played for Sheffield United between 1945 and 1966. He also worked as a manager, being in charge of York City from 1967–1968 and Chesterfield from 1973–1976.
Contents
1 Career
2 Career statistics
3 Managerial statistics
4 References
5 External links
Career
Shaw made 714 appearances for Sheffield United in all competitions, including 632 in the League and 53 FA Cup ties, all three being club records. Shaw was a former Durham County schoolboy who joined United from Upton Colliery as an inside-forward and later successfully converted into a half back.
He played for United in two wartime fixtures in the Football League North during the 1944–45 season. The first game was a 3–1 victory over Huddersfield Town on 2 April 1945 when Shaw was just 16 years and 285 days old.
His League debut came in a Division One game against Liverpool on 30 August 1948, with United severely short of players, as a left-back. United lost 2–1, mainly against 10 men. Shaw was off the field with a bleeding nose when the first went in after around 21 minutes, missing a quarter of an hour of the first half and the majority of the second.
In the next few years he played at wing half and right half, but after two heavy defeats in season 1954–55, Reg Freeman decided to select him at centre half. He was described as hard-working, the pivot of United's "double banking" defensive system, where his lack of height never let him down owing to his superb anticipation and ability to read the game.
He was so successful that he was selected for the position for the Football League although the England cap that many thought he deserved was never awarded. In 1951, he also toured Australia with a Football Association team.
His 600th League appearance came on 6 February 1965 in a 2–1 victory over West Ham United and his last game was against the same team on 19 February 1966. He had three spells as team captain, 1954–1956, 1957 and 1964–1965.
He died at the age of 79 in Sheffield on 18 November 2007.[1][3]
Career statistics
| Season | Division | League Apps | League Goals | FA Cup Apps | FA Cup Goals | League Cup Apps | League Cup Goals | Other Apps | Other Goals | Total Apps | Total Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944–45 | North | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1948–49 | One | 19 | 2 | 21 | |||||||
| 1949–50 | Two | 37 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 2 | ||||
| 1950–51 | Two | 36 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | |||||
| 1951–52 | Two | 39 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 2 | |||
| 1952–53 | Two | 42 | 3 | 1 | 46 | ||||||
| 1953–54 | One | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 1954–55 | One | 41 | 1 | 1 | 43 | ||||||
| 1955–56 | One | 20 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| 1956–57 | Two | 30 | 1 | 1 | 32 | ||||||
| 1957–58 | Two | 41 | 4 | 3 | 48 | ||||||
| 1958–59 | Two | 41 | 6 | 2 | 49 | ||||||
| 1959–60 | Two | 39 | 3 | 2 | 44 | ||||||
| 1960–61 | Two | 42 | 7 | 1 | 50 | ||||||
| 1961–62 | One | 37 | 5 | 5 | 47 | ||||||
| 1962–63 | One | 40 | 3 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| 1963–64 | One | 41 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 1 | |||||
| 1964–65 | One | 25 | 3 | 28 | |||||||
| 1965–66 | One | 27 | 2 | 29 | |||||||
| Total | 632 | 7 | 51 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 714 | 8 |
Managerial statistics
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
York City |  | 1 November 1967 | 1 August 1968 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 29.03 |
Chesterfield | | 1 September 1973 | 1 October 1976 | 143 | 54 | 53 | 36 | 36.87 |
References
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^ "Blades legend dies at 79". The Star. Sheffield. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "Passing of a Blade". Sheffield United F.C. 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007.
External links
Joe Shaw management career statistics at Soccerbase
