Michael Stephen "Mike" Hellawell (born
30 June 1938) is a former
professional football who played two games for
England in 1962
against
France and
Northern
Ireland.
Hellawell
was born in Keighley
, Yorkshire
. He signed for
Queens Park Rangers in August 1955
and made his debut in the home match against
Exeter City on
25
February 1956. He was selected to play for
the
Third Division South side against the North in April 1957. He
played 45 games in
the Football
League for Rangers before being transferred to
Birmingham City in 1957.
While with Birmingham he played in the final of the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1961, won
the
League Cup in
1963, and won his two full
cap for
England. After eight years at
Birmingham he went on to play league football for
Sunderland,
Huddersfield Town and
Peterborough United and
non-league football for
Bromsgrove Rovers.
Hellawell also showed promise as an allround
cricketer for
Warwickshire, for whom he
played one
first-class
match.
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