Billy Watson (footballer, born 1890)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Watson | ||
Birth name | Richard Watson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 September 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Birkdale, England | ||
Date of death | 1 September 1955 | (aged 64)||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1907–1908 | Southport Central | ||
1908–1925 | Burnley | 346 | (18) |
→ Fulham (guest) | |||
→ Southport Central (guest) | |||
1925–1926 | Accrington Stanley | 6 | (0) |
1926–1927 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
Total | 352 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1913–1919 | England | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Watson (born Richard Watson; 11 September 1890 – 1 September 1955) was an English international association footballer who played as a wing half in The Football League either side of World War I.[3]
He made over 340 league appearances for Burnley, and was capped on three occasions by England.[3]
Outwith football he was an ironmonger and also worked in his father's trade of painter and decorator.[1] In World War I he served with the Royal Army Service Corps and was later a local councillor for the Liberal Party in his hometown of Southport.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "England Players – Billy Watson". England Football Online.
- ^ Quiz (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Blackburn Rovers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1955 deaths
- Footballers from Southport
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Burnley F.C. players
- Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players
- Fulham F.C. wartime guest players
- Southport F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- English Football League players
- England men's international footballers
- English Football League representative players
- Royal Army Service Corps soldiers
- Councillors in Lancashire
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Military personnel from Merseyside
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1890s birth stubs