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Bill Main (footballer)

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Bill Main
Personal information
Full name William Gay Main[1]
Date of birth (1915-11-30)30 November 1915
Place of birth St Monans, Scotland
Date of death 18 May 1969(1969-05-18) (aged 53)[2]
Place of death Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
1934–1935 St Monans Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1936 Raith Rovers
1936–1939 Cardiff City 6 (0)
1939 Colchester United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Gay Main (30 November 1915 – 18 May 1969) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half. He made six appearances in the Football League for Cardiff City.

Career

Main began his senior career with Raith Rovers. In December 1936, he joined Football League Third Division South side Cardiff City and made his debut on Christmas Day of the same year in a defeat to Torquay United. He struggled to establish himself in the first team, making five further league appearances in the following two seasons.[3] He left Cardiff to join Colchester United in 1939 and played in the club's opening three fixtures of the 1939–40 season before the league was suspended following the outbreak of World War II.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bill Main". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "William Gay Main death record". Scotland's People. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 128. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.