Dennis Viollet

Dennis Viollet
Viollet in 1957
Personal information
Full name Dennis Sydney Viollet
Date of birth (1933-09-20)20 September 1933
Place of birth Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Date of death 6 March 1999(1999-03-06) (aged 65)
Place of death Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1949–1953 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1962 Manchester United 259 (159)
1962–1967 Stoke City 182 (59)
1967–1968 Baltimore Bays 34 (7)
1969 Witton Albion 8 (2)
1969–1970 Linfield 11 (5)
Total 494 (232)
International career
1960–1961 England 2 (1)
Managerial career
1971 Crewe Alexandra
1974–1977 Washington Diplomats
1978–1980 New England Tea Men (assistant)
1980–1982 Jacksonville Tea Men (assistant)
1983–1984 Jacksonville Tea Men
1990–1995 Jacksonville Dolphins
1995–1996 Richmond Kickers
1997–1999 Jacksonville Cyclones
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Sydney Viollet (20 September 1933 – 6 March 1999) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and Stoke City as well as the England national team.[2][3][page needed] He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disaster. After his retirement as player, he became a coach and spent most of his managerial career in the United States for various professional and school teams.

  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Dennis Viollet (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ^ Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287554.[page needed]