Kenneth Pinkney Wimshurst (23 March 1938 – 6 July 2017) was an English

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who played as a right half. He made over 300

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appearances in the years after the

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Career

Ken Wimshurst played locally for

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...

. Wimshurst moved from South Shields to

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in July 1957 but failed to breakthrough to the League side who escaped relegation from the First Division only on superior goal average. Wimshurst moved to

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

in November 1958. Gateshead struggling at the foot of the Fourth Division finished 20th in the 1958–59 season. However season 1959–60 proved to be the last in the Football League for Gateshead although they finished only 22nd of the 24 sides in the Fourth Division when Peterborough United were elected to replace them. Wimshurst joined

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from Gateshead in November 1960. Again failing to reach the first team at Wolves Wimshurst was signed for £1,500 by

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in July 1961.

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signed Wimshurst in October 1967 from Southampton for

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for £15,000. After retiring from playing football Ken Wimshurst remained at Bristol City as assistant coach to

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in July 1972. When Sillett left in 1974 Wimshurst became chief coach at Bristol City. Wimshurst left Bristol City in June 1981 and briefly assisted

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. In 1997 Wimshurst was running Southampton's School of Excellence at Bath. His son in law Ricky Chandler played for Bristol City from 1980 to 1983 before moving to Bath City. Wimshurst died on 6 July 2017, aged 79.

Honours

;Southampton *

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runners-up: 1965–66

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wimshurst, Ken 1938 births 2017 deaths Footballers from South Shields English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Northern Football League players Newcastle United F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players 20th-century English sportsmen