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Another old Rovers boy has passed away, Johnny Wheeler at the age of 91..played 101 games for Rovers after the war from 1946 to 1951. He then went on to make a lot of appearances for Bolton then Liverpool and finished his career at New Brighton.
I saw him play in the first couple of seasons that I watchd Rovers as a child but was too young to really appreciate his skills. What I do recall however was him being the first player that I had seen playing for Rovers that went onto get a England cap about five years later.I listened to the game on the radio just to hear how often he was mentioned