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William "Bill" Shankly, OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager.
As a player, Shankly was a ball-winning right half who represented Scotland twelve times, including seven wartime internationals. He made 312 appearances in The Football League for Carlisle United and Preston North End between 1932 and 1949, losing the peak years of his career to the Second World War when competitive football was suspended. He became a manager when his playing career ended in 1949 and worked for Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, Workington and Huddersfield Town before accepting the job as team manager of Liverpool in December 1959.
Shankly is best remembered for his management of Liverpool and is widely regarded as one of football's most successful and respected managers. He took charge of Liverpool when they were in the Second Division and rebuilt the team into a major force in English football. Liverpool won the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top flight First Division in 1962 and then won three League Championship titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup before Shankly announced his surprise retirement from football a few weeks after Liverpool won the 1974 FA Cup Final, having managed the club for 15 years. He died seven years later at the age of 68.
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