Career
Reports at the time described him as being short, 5 ft 6 1/2 in (169 m), with a sturdy build, 11 st 8 lb (735 kg), playing a cool and calculating game and showing some very neat passing. He was an accurate header of the ball and possessed a lethal stinging shot in his left foot. Shone started his career with the Earle Club in the South Liverpool Amateur Alliance and later joined Graysons Football Club of Garston (in the West Cheshire League), a well known shipping company.
His performances drew the attention of Liverpool"s manager David Ashworth who signed him in 1921.
His first season resulted in Liverpool winning the league championship, to which he contributed 6 goals in 15 appearances. After this game The Liverpool Echo headline was: "The Sun did not shine at Anfield but Shone!".
He only made one appearance the following season as Liverpool retained the championship, unable to force his way into the starting lineup due to the return of the injured Dick Johnson. He re-established himself in the first team during the 1924-1925 Football League season, when he played 42 matches and scored 12 league goals (and 3 goals).
The following season he only made three appearances and after spending several seasons in the reserves he was transferred to West Ham United in the summer of 1928.
Shone had the distinction of scoring Liverpool"s 1,500th goal. In total he scored five league goals for them before moving to Third Division Coventry City at the end of 1928. After nine first team appearances Shone retired from football at the end of the 1928-1929 season.
Danny died in Preston in 1974 aged 75.