Ray Shaw (English footballer)
English footballer (1913–1980)
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Raymond Shaw (18 May 1913 – 29 April 1980) was an English professional footballer and manager who played in the Football League for Birmingham[1] and managed Walsall.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Shaw[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Walsall, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 April 1980 (aged 66)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Leicestershire,[3] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[4] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Walsall | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Walsall | |||
| Streetly Works | |||
| 193?–1937 | Darlaston | ||
| 1937–1947 | Birmingham | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1964–1968 | Walsall | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
Shaw was born in 1913 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He began his football career as an amateur with Walsall F.C. in 1928,[5] and played local football for Streetly Works and then for Darlaston,[6] where he was top scorer in the 1936–37 season before turning professional with Birmingham in 1937.[4]
An inside forward while with Darlaston,[4] Shaw made his debut in the First Division on 25 September 1937 playing at centre forward in a 2–1 defeat at Preston North End. He played only occasionally over the next two seasons, mainly at left half,[7] but was first choice in that position at the start of the 1939–40 season which was abandoned on the outbreak of the Second World War.[8] Shaw made 111 appearances for the club in the wartime leagues,[9] and a few more when the Football League resumed in 1946, by which time the club had been renamed Birmingham City.[10]
After retiring as a player, Shaw joined Birmingham's coaching staff.[6] He acted as trainer, coach and trainer-coach until March 1958, when he was appointed as Aston Villa's trainer.[11] He left Villa in July 1964,[12] and succeeded Alf Wood as manager of Walsall in October, stabilising the club in mid-table in the Third Division and twice leading them to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.[5][13] After three and a half years, he handed over the team management role to Dick Graham.[5][14]
Shaw continued as Walsall's general manager until August 1968 when he was appointed chief scout with Leicester City.[15] He held that post until his death in April 1980 at the age of 66.[16][2]