Stanley Willmott

Stanley Willmott
Personal information
Date of birth 1898
Place of birth England
Position Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1922 Cardiff City
1922–???? Southampton
Managerial career
1925–1926 Rapid Wien
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanley Willmott (born 1898) was an English footballer and manager.

Career

As a footballer, Willmott played as a half-back for Cardiff City, before joining Southampton in May 1922, where he primarily played for the club's reserve team. In 1925, at the age of 27, he was appointed the manager of Austrian club Rapid Wien. He was the last Englishmen to work as a coach for the club until Norwich City academy manager Joe Shulberg joined the club as an assistant manager in January 2026.

References

  1. ↑ "Stanley Willmott - RapidArchiv". www.rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Signing on Footballers for the Saints". Bournemouth Times and Directory. No. 3804. 13 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Representative Honours". Hampshire Advertiser. No. 6835. 28 October 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Weiterer Co-Trainer fix verpflichtet · SK Rapid". SK Rapid Wien (in German). 9 January 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "Stanley Willmott: Career, Stats & Clubs". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Norwich City: Academy manager Joe Shulberg leaves to join Johannes Hoff Thorup at Rapid Vienna". BBC Sport. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Rapid brings in an Englishman as another assistant coach". Kronen Zeitung. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2026.

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