Billy Guest
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Francis Guest[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Brierley Hill,[1] England | ||
Date of death | 15 November 1994[1] | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Darwen,[1] England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
1928–1932 | Birmingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1937 | Birmingham | 76 | (15) |
1937–1947 | Blackburn Rovers | 88 | (30) |
1947–1948 | Walsall | 5 | (0) |
1948–1949 | Peterborough United | 38 | (18) |
1949–19?? | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
– | Lovell's Athletic | ||
– | Hinckley United | ||
– | Bilston United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Francis Guest (8 February 1914 – 15 November 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left for Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers and Walsall in the Football League either side of the Second World War.[2] During the war, he won a runners-up medal with Blackburn Rovers in the 1940 Football League War Cup Final. He went on to play for Peterborough United in the Midland League, for Kidderminster Harriers and Lovell's Athletic in the Southern League, and for Hinckley United and Bilston United.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
External links
- Guest's Football League stats at Neil Brown's Post War Player Database. Note that Brown mistakenly includes data for a different William Guest who played for West Ham United in 1936.
- Guest's Peterborough stats
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Brierley Hill
- English footballers
- Association football outside forwards
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Lovell's Athletic F.C. players
- Hinckley Athletic F.C. players
- Bilston Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Midland Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs