William Herbert Wrigglesworth (12 November 1912 – 11 August 1980) was an English

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who played as a

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. He played for Chesterfield, before joining

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

in 1934. He was top scorer for Wolves in the 1935–36 season with 13 goals. Wrigglesworth joined

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

in 1937. He spent 10 years with Manchester United but for most of that time there was no competitive senior football due to the

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, meaning that he was restricted to 37 matches for the club, scoring 10 goals. In 1947, he was transferred to

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

in a swap deal that involved goalkeeper Bill Fielding going to

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Personal life

Wrigglesworth's younger brother Bob was also a footballer and was killed during the

Honours

Chesterfield *

Derbyshire Senior Cup The Derbyshire County FA Senior Cup is a local county football cup for teams based in the county of Derbyshire. Founded in 1883–1884, the first competition was won by Staveley, who beat Derby Midland 2–1 in the final. 1885–1886 saw Heeley ...

: 1932–33 * Chesterfield Hospital Senior Cup: 1933–34

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at StretfordEnd.co.uk

at MUFCInfo.com 1912 births People from South Elmsall Sportspeople from the City of Wakefield Footballers from West Yorkshire 1980 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Frickley Athletic F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Reading F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Brentford F.C. wartime guest players Cardiff City F.C. wartime guest players York City F.C. wartime guest players Walsall F.C. wartime guest players Chelsea F.C. wartime guest players Arsenal F.C. wartime guest players Queens Park Rangers F.C. wartime guest players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub