Billy Beats
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | William Edwin Beats | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1871 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolstanton, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 April 1936 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Reading, Berkshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Hill Victoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1891–1895 | Burslem Port Vale | 77 | (26) |
| 1895–1903 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 199 | (67) |
| 1903–1906 | Bristol Rovers | 94 | (44) |
| 1906–1907 | Burslem Port Vale | 33 | (13) |
| Reading | |||
| Total | 403+ | (150+) | |
| National team | |||
| 1901–1902 | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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William Edwin "Billy" Beats (13 November 1871 – 6 April 1936) was an English international footballer from Wolstanton in Staffordshire.
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[edit] Club career
Beats probably joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1891. He made his debut in a Midland League match on 10 October 1891, in a 4–1 defeat at Burton Wanderers. A regular in the team from March 1892, with twenty goals in the 1893–94 season he became the club's top scorer, a season he was an ever-present in. In June 1895 he was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80, for whom he played in the 1896 FA Cup Final. After moving to Bristol Rovers in 1903, Beats won the 1904–05 Southern League championship. In August 1906 he returned to the Vale and scored fifteen goals in the 1906–07 to become top scorer once more. However he was released at the end of the season as the club were liquidated in a financial crisis.[1] He then joined Reading.
[edit] International career
Beats won two caps for England in 1901 and 1902 while a player at Wolves. He also played for England against Scotland in the "Ibrox disaster" match at Ibrox Stadium that was abandoned in May 1902 due to the collapse of a terrace, resulting in the deaths of 25 people.
[edit] Honours
- Southern League championship: 1904–05
[edit] References
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 21. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- "William Beats". englandfc.com. http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=94. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
[edit] External links
- William Beats player profile at thefa.com
- Billy Beats career stats at Soccerbase
