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leaving their talented 1950s generation without a major honour, although by then Sharp was no longer a first team regular, and he retired aged 35 in 1957 to continue his plumbing business which he had continued on a part-time basis during his playing career. He made 573 appearances for the
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team which would have done little to improve his selection prospects. He could be considered unfortunate to have played in the same position as
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who was an almost automatic choice in the period, besides which there was a good selection of native talent across the country.
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in all competitions, scoring 229 goals, and won the minor
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in 1952, an unexpected but deserved 3–0 defeat to the
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soon intervened, and he continued to develop with the
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win in June 1945. By now established in the creative
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237:as a teenager in 1939 after a short spell in
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513:The Past Masters: Willie's Amazing Secret...
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554:Thistle Get the Cup, But Not All the Honour
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16:Scottish footballer (1922–1992)
488:The Quiet Man Who Hasn't A Cap
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165:International career
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307:Glasgow Cup
278:That season
263:inside left
243:Shettleston
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78:Position(s)
42:25 May 1922
880:Categories
416:28 January
377:Motherwell
332:References
259:Summer Cup
223:Dennistoun
199:footballer
53:, Scotland
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38:1922-05-25
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680:McParland
675:MacKenzie
578:Players S
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132:1938–1939
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369:Hearts
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205:. His
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109:Team
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