Michael Stephen "Mike" Hellawell (born 30 June 1938) is a former professional

Professional

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 footballer who played two games for England

England national football team

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 in 1962 against France

France national football team

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 and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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His brother John

John Hellawell

John Rodney Hellawell is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.His brother Mike was an England international player.-Career:...

 was also a professional player.

Career

Hellawell was born in Keighley

Keighley

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, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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. He signed for Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

 in August 1955 from Salts, a small non-League club from Saltaire, and made his debut in the home match against Exeter City

Exeter City F.C.

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 on 25 February 1956. He was selected to play for the Third Division South side

Football League Third Division North vs. South Representative Games

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 against the North in April 1957. He played 45 games in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Rangers before being transferred to Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

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 in 1957.

While with Birmingham he played in the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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 in 1961, won the League Cup

Football League Cup

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 in 1963

1963 Football League Cup Final

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, and won his two full cap

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s for England

England national football team

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. After eight years at Birmingham he went on to play league football for Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

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, Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

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 and Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

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 and non-league football

Non-league football

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 for Bromsgrove Rovers

Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.

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Hellawell also showed promise as an allround cricket

Cricket

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er for Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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, for whom he played one first-class

First-class cricket

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match.