Glen Wilson (footballer)

Glenton Edward Wilson (2 July 1929 – 8 November 2005) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half.

He attended High Spen Senior School and was capped by England at schoolboy level during the Second World War.

His older brother Joe had recently come to the end of a long playing career with Albion and was on the coaching staff.

He was rated highly enough to represent the Third Division South three times in the annual fixture against the Northern Section,[1] and attracted interest from the likes of Arsenal and Aston Villa.

[1] He and wife Joan returned to Brighton where they ran a pub before he rejoined Albion's backroom staff in 1966.