Paul Hinshelwood (footballer born 1956)

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playername= Paul Hinshelwood


fullname = Paul Alexander Hinshelwood
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|8|14
cityofbirth = Bristol
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
position = Right back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974-1983
1983-1984
1984-1986
1986-1988
clubs = Crystal Palace
Oxford United
Millwall
Colchester United
caps(goals) = 276 (22)
045 0(0)
061 0(2)
081 0(6)
nationalyears = 1978-1979
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(0)
manageryears =
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Paul Hinshelwood (born 14 August 1956, in Bristol, England) is a retired English footballer.

Paul grew up in Croydon, and in 1969, Paul (along with his brother Martin) played in the final of the London FA Schools Cup, watched by Crystal Palace manager Arthur Rowe. Rowe was impressed, and the brothers were invited for trials with the club. Both performed well, and were taken on as apprentices.

"Doris", as he was known, originally began as a striker, but did not play that well in the role. In November 1976, Paul switched to playing at right-back. Along with future England left-back Kenny Sansom, Paul sured up the Palace defence, and the club were promoted twice in three seasons, to reach the First Division in 1979. In that season, Paul only missed one game, as Palace went up as champions.

Palace spent two years in the top flight, and Paul was voted as the fans' "Player of the Year" for both. As well as this, he gained two caps for the England under-21 side.

Paul left Palace in 1983, transferring to Oxford United. There, he won the Third Division title for the first time (Palace had only gone up in third place). He then transferred back to south-London, to Millwall. After an unnoteworthy spell there, he moved to Colchester United. After another dull spell, Paul went to Non-League Dartford.

Later, he would reunite with former Palace teammate Steve Kember, as his assistant at Whyteleafe, and would become their manager after Kember left to take up a coaching role at Palace.

Paul's family also have a strong footballing background. His father Wally was a professional footballer in the 1950s, most notably at Reading and Bristol City. His older brother Martin played for Crystal Palace before his career was cut short because of injury, and is currently Director of Football at Brighton. Paul's sons Adam and Paul Jr are currently professionals at Brighton and Torquay respectively, and his nephew (Martin's son) Danny also had a brief career in professional football.

In 2005, Paul was named in Palace's Centenary XI.

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before=Kenny Sansom
title=Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year
years=1980-1981
after=Jerry Murphysuccession box
before=Steve Kember
title=Whyteleafe manager
years=1993–1994
after=Lee Richardson