Joe Wallace
Personal information
Full name Joseph Burt Wallace[1]
Date of birth 28 December 1933
Place of birth Dennistoun, Scotland[2]
Date of death 19 April 1993(1993-04-19) (aged 59)[1]
Place of death Shrewsbury, England
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
RAOC Donnington
1954–1962 Shrewsbury Town 337 (3)
1962–1965 Southport 78 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Burt Wallace (28 December 1933 – 19 April 1993) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 330 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town as a half back.[1]

Wallace signed on for Shrewsbury Town after being stationed in the army in Shropshire at Donnington. After football he settled in Shrewsbury where he ran a pub and a fish and chip shop in the town at Coton Hill. He died there of cancer in 1993.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southport 1962–63[2] Fourth Division 27 0 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 29 0
1963–64[2] 46 0 2 0 2 0 5[lower-alpha 2] 0 55 0
1964–65[2] 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 6 0
Career total 78 0 2 0 2 0 8 0 90 0
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Liverpool Senior Cup
  2. ↑ 4 appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Liverpool Senior Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Joe Wallace". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Jones, Mike (2008). Meadow Maestros & Misfits. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-9548099-2-8.


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