Denis Hill-Wood

**Denis Hill-Wood**
Personal information
Full name	Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood
Born	25 June 1906; Hoxne, Suffolk, England
Died	4 May 1982 (aged 75); Hartley-Wintney, Hampshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Domestic team information
1928-1929	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Matches	12
Runs scored	453
Batting average	22.65
100s/50s	0/2
Top score	85
Balls bowled	222
Wickets	3
Bowling average	41.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	1/4
Catches/stumpings
	Source: [1], 23 October 2008

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Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood (June 25, 1906 – May 4, 1982) was an English cricketer and football club chairman.

Hill-Wood was the third son of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet who was chairman of Arsenal Football Club for twenty years, as well as a first-class cricketer for Derbyshire. Denis had three brothers who also took part in first-class cricket for Derbyshire, the others being Basil Hill-Wood, Wilfred and Charles. Denis's son, Peter, played one first-class match in 1960.

Similarly to his father, Denis became chairman of Arsenal in 1962, a job which he held until his death in 1982. A bust of Hill-Wood was commissioned and used to stand inside the Directors Landing of the East Stand of Arsenal's Highbury stadium, and now stands in the Directors' Entrance of Emirates Stadium after Arsenal's move there.