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Wolverhampton Wanderers Legends This is not intended as a definitive list of Wolverhampton Wanderers legends, as the subjective nature of such a list means it is bound to fail. Rather it should be considered a list of great players (and managers) who have represented Wolves in the past. (Current players are not included). Your favourite Wolves player not on the list?
Click this link to add a Wolverhampton Wanderers Legend Position: Full back Wolves Career: 1900-1913 Appearances:314 Goals:16 Jones was a fullback who spent 13 years at Wolves and missed only a handful of games during his career. Such was his reliability that he was an ever present 5 times during his time at Molineux - a club record. He was a member the Wolves side that beat Newcastle in the 1908 FA Cup Final, but an ankle injury in 1910 effectively ended his career. He remained on the club's books as a player until 1913, after which he stayed on as an assistant coach.
Billy Harrison was a winger who spent 13 years at Wolves and played 316 games, scoring 43 times. He signed for the club in 1907 and was an FA Cup winner in his first season as Second Division Wolves beat Newcastle United 3-1, with Harrison scoring a fine individual goal. He left for Manchester United in October 1920, and later played for Wrexham before retiring.
Cullis is perhaps the greatest of Wolverhampton Wanderers legends, serving the club as player and manager for 30 years, from 1934 to 1964. He signed for the club as a teenager and 1934 and made his debut a year later but had to wait until 1936 before he became a first team regular. Thereafter he was quickly appointed captain and led the team to became one of the best in England although they often fell just short of the top prizes. After retiring in 1947, Cullis stayed on as a coach and in 1948 he was appointed manager, aged just 31. Cullis led Wolves through their golden era during which they won three league titles and two FA Cups. During this time they were also runners-up on 3 occasions. Cullis was surprisingly sacked in 1964 and retired from all football, despite an offer from Juventus. The Stan Cullis Stand at Molineux is named in his honour, and he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
The defensive fulcrum of Stan Cullis' great side and the first Englishman to win 100 international caps, Wright had a 20 year playing career at Wolves. Making his first team debut at the age of just 15, he went on to rack up 490 appearances in a career interrupted by World War II. He was captain during the club's greatest era in the 1950s when they won three league championships and were runners-up twice. Wright retired in 1959, and later had an unsuccessful stint as manager of Arsenal. He is commemorated by a bronze statue at Molineux, where one of the stands also bears his name. He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. An England and Wolverhampton Wanderers legend.
Bert Williams is arguably the best keeper ever to play for Wolves. Signed from Walsall in 1945, he immediately established himself in the first team. He was a member of the 1949 FA Cup winning team, and also won the league title in 1953-1954. He retired in 1957, having made 381 appearances for Wolves. He was also capped 24 times by England. In 2010 he received an MBE for his services to football.
A talented ball player with great control, awareness and passing ability, Broadbent was also a prolific goal-scorer from midfield. He joined Wolves from Brentford in 1951 and spent 14 years with the club, making 452 appearances and scoring 127 goals. During this time, he won three league championships (1953/54, 1957/58, 1958/59) and one FA Cup (1960) before leaving to join Shrewsbury Town in 1965. Later moved to Aston Villa.
Flowers began his career at Doncaster Rovers, but after being released he joined Wolves 'nursery team' Wath Wanderers, where he was spotted by Stan Cullis. Within a year he had made his Wolves debut playing as an attacking midfielder. A physically strong and dominating player, Flowers won three league championships and an FA Cup with Wolves and was also a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. In total, he made 467 Wolves appearances, scoring 33 times.
One of the most cultured players to play for Wolves, Slater signed from Brentford in 1952 and remained at Molineux until 1963, making 310 appearances and scoring 24 goals. He won three League championships (1953/54, 1957/58, 1958/59), as well as being runners-up (1954/55, 1959/60). He also captained the side that won the 1960 FA Cup and was voted Footballer of the Year that year. He returned to Brentford in 1963. In 1982, Slater was awarded an OBE for his services to sport. He received a CBE in 1998.
Bailey joined second division Wolves from Charlton in 1966, and helped the club to promotion that season. He was a central figure in the club's resurgence under Bill McGarry, which saw Wolves reach the 1972 UEFA Cup Final and win the 1974 League Cup, with Bailey as captain and midfield anchor. He left to play for Minnesota Kicks in the North American Soccer League in 1977, but returned to England two years later to manage Hereford United.
Derek Parkin Position: Full-back Wolves Career: 1968-1982 Appearances:609 Goals:6 Parkin is Wolves record appearance holder, having played 609 times for the club between 1968 and 1982. Adept at playing either left of right back, Parkin was an excellent reader of the game. He won two League Cup winner's medals while at the club. Left to join Stoke City in 1982 and played out the final 14 months of his career there.
Known to the Wolves faithful as "King John", Richards joined Wolves as a trainee in July 1967 and made his first team debut in February 1970. In 1971/72, he scored 13 league goals and helped Wolves to the UEFA Cup final. The following season he hit a personal best 36 goals. In 1974, he scored the winning goal against Manchester City in the League Cup final. He was Wolves leading scorer in six of the next seven seasons, culminating in another League Cup triumph in 1980. During his time with the club, Richards became Wolves all-time leading scorer with 194 goals in total, a record subsequently bettered by Steve Bull in 1992. Richards left Wolves in 1983 and has spells with Derby County, and with MarÃtimo in Portugal. He returned to Wolves as managing director in 1994, a post he held until 2000.
A powerful, bustling striker, Steve Bull was picked up from local rivals West Bromwich Albion for just 65 000 pounds. Over the next 13 years, he went on to become the club's all time record goal-scorer, and also set new club records for most goals in a season, and most hat-tricks. Bull's goal-scoring exploits earned him an England call-up while Wolves were still in the Third Division, but he remained true to his roots despite interest from other clubs. As a result he played his entire career in the lower divisions, making just a single top-flight appearance - as a substitute in 1986. His later career was plagued by knee injuries, and the Wolverhampton Wanderers legend retired in 1999. One of the main stands at Molineux, is named in his honour. Want to add a Wolves player to our Legends list?If your favourite Wolves player hasn't made it onto our list, he's your chance to make your case for inclusion. More Wolverhampton Wanderers stuff here;
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Billy Harrison
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Ron Flowers
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