"Doris", as he was known by the fans, although his dressing room nickname was "Fish", originally began as a
striker, but did not play that well in the role. In November 1976, Hinshelwood switched to playing at
right-back. Along with future
England left-back
Kenny Sansom, he shored up the Palace defence, and the club were promoted twice in three seasons, to reach the
First Division in 1979. In
that season, Hinshelwood only missed one game, as Palace went up as champions. Palace spent two years in the top flight, and Hinshelwood was voted as the fans' "Player of the Year" for both. As well as this, he gained two caps for the
England under-21 side. Hinshelwood left Palace in 1983, transferring to
Oxford United. There, he won the
Third Division title for the first time (Palace had only gone up in third place). He then transferred back to south-London, to
Millwall, where he won promotion to Division 2. He was then sold for a nominal sum along with Nicky Chatterton to
Colchester United and then went to
non-league clubs
Basildon United,
Dartford and
Chelmsford City. Later, he would reunite with former Palace teammate
Steve Kember, as his assistant at
Whyteleafe, and would become their manager after Kember left to take up a coaching role at Palace. In 2005, Paul was named in Palace's
Centenary XI. ==Personal life and death==