fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals image_size totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals image article_title name
stephen hill 1964 -- 1968 1968 -- 1970 27 november 2010 tranmere rovers wigan athletic 71 131 36 blackpool , england 1 10 4 250px 202 winger 15 february 1940 11 mandy hill.jpg steve hill -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 steve `` mandy '' hill
steve hill -lrb- footballer -rrb-

stephen `` mandy '' hill -lrb- 15 february 1940 -- 27 november 2010 -rrb- was an english professional footballer .
he played as a forward .
hill began his career with his hometown club , blackpool , in may 1959 .
he made his debut for `` the tangerines '' on 3 october 1959 , in a 3 -- 1 defeat to manchester city at bloomfield road , as a deputy for the injured stanley matthews .
he made a further six appearances in the 1959 -- 60 campaign .
in 1960 -- 61 , hill made ten league appearances , as well as appearing in his first football league cup tie -- a 3 -- 1 second-round-replay loss at home to leeds united on 5 october 1960 .
blackpool manager ron suart gave hill an extended run in the team during the 1961 -- 62 season , after stanley matthews was allowed to return to stoke city .
he started 36 of the club 's 42 league games , and scored his first goal in the process -- the second in a 2 -- 0 victory at home to west ham on september 4 , 1961 .
he also helped blackpool to the semi-finals of the league cup , appearing from the second round onwards .
in 1962 -- 63 , hill 's appearances were limited due to injury .
he started only nine league games .
the same applied for the following 1963 -- 64 season , which proved to be his final one for the club .
after losing his place to leslie lea , hill made only nine league appearances , the final one occurring on 18 january 1964 , in a 2 -- 0 loss at home to spurs .
hill joined tranmere rovers in september 1964 , with whom he scored ten goals in 131 league appearances .
he moved to wigan athletic in july 1968 , where he appeared 36 times in the northern premier league during his two seasons at the club .
hill later managed a tv rental shop in blackpool .
he died on 27 november 2010 , aged 70 .
