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| Preceded by Edward Vizard 1944 to 1948 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club manager 1948 to 1964 |
Succeeded by Andrew Beattie 1964 to 1965 |
| Preceded by Joseph Mallett 1964 to 1965 |
Birmingham City Football Club manager 1965 to 1970 |
Succeeded by Donald Dorman and William Henry Shorthouse 1970 |
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Biography
Stanley (Stan) Cullis was born in 1916 in Ellesmere Port. He was the son of William Cullis and Elizabeth Walters [1].
Stan became a very successful footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) between 1934 and 1947. He also played as a guest for Gillingham FC during WWII. Stan played for the FA 'England' team on twelve occasions.
Stan then had major successes as the manager of Wolves from 1948 to 1964, winning competitions such as -
- 1949 The FA Cup (beat Leicester City 3-1 in final)
- 1953-54 League Division 1 Champions
- 1957-58 League Division 1 Champions
- 1958-59 League Division 1 Champions
- 1960 The FA Cup (beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in final)
Stan then managed Birmingham City from 1965 to 1970.
Family Life
The family were recorded in the 1921 Ellesmere Port census with birth places -
- Stanley Cullis 1916 Ellesmere Port
- William Cullis 1873 Wolverhampton
- Elizabeth Cullis 1875 Wolverhampton
- William Cullis 1894 Wolverhampton
- Florence Cullis 1896 Wolverhampton
- Howard Cullis 1898 Wolverhampton
- Ethel Cullis 1899 Wolverhampton
- Arthur Cullis 1901 Wolverhampton
- Edith Cullis 1906 Ellesmere Port
- Eveline Cullis 1909 Ellesmere Port
- Sidney Cullis 1912 Ellesmere Port
- Jessie Cullis 1914 Ellesmere Port
- Stanley Cullis 1916 Ellesmere Port[2].
Stan married Winnifred Phillips in 1948 in Lancashire [3].
They had children -
- Rev Andrew Cullis
- Susan Cullis
Stan passed away in 2001 in North Malvern [4].
Research Notes
In his time at Wolves they were also -
League Division 1 Runners-up in 1937–38, 1938–39 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60 and Third-place in 1946–47, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1960–61
The FA Cup Runners-up in 1939 and Semi-finalists in 1951.
Some other highlights of his Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) career were -
- 1935 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 6-2 v Stoke C)
- 1936 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 2-1 v Stafford Rangers)
- 1937 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 4-1 v Birmingham C)
- 1938 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 5-3 v West Bromwich Albion)
- 1938 League Division 1 'runners up'
- 1939 League Division 1 runners up (to Everton)
- 1939 FA Cup runners up (lost final 1-4 v Portsmouth)
- 1950 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 3-1 v Walsall)
- 1952 Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (won final 9-0 v Stoke C., shortly after The FA banned key Stoke players)
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FT2-VJH : 1 October 2014), Stanley Cullis, 1916; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wirral, Cheshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. (accessed 19 Apr 2024)
- ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?lastname=cullis&yearofbirth=1881&yearofbirth_offset=40&datasetname=1921%20census%20of%20england%20%26%20wales&parishmv=ellesmere%20port&sid=999 (accessed 19 Apr 2024)
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVD7-FFFB : 13 February 2024), Stanley Cullis, 1948-1948. (accessed 19 Apr 2024)
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZF-BBRG : 27 October 2021), Stanley Cullis, 2001. (accessed 19 Apr 2024)
