Billy Booth (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Booth[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Date of death | 1963 (aged 76)[2] | ||
Place of death | Brighton, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1907 | Thorpe Hesley Parish Church | ||
1907–1908 | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
1908–1920 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 303 | (8) |
1920–1921 | Castleford Town | ||
Worthing | |||
International career | |||
Southern League XI | 7 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Booth (9 May 1886 – 1963) was an English professional football centre half who played in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1] He made 369 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion and was a member of the team that won the 1909–10 Southern League First Division title and the 1910 FA Charity Shield.[2] Booth was a non-playing reserve for England in February 1913.[3]
Personal life
Booth served as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[4] He died in Brighton in 1963 at the age of 76.[2]
Honours
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Southern League First Division: 1909–10[2]
- FA Charity Shield: 1910[2]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 32. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ "Booth Billy Image 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1914". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Lloyd, Chris (28 April 2014). "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1963 deaths
- Footballers from Sheffield
- English footballers
- Association football wing halves
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Castleford Town F.C. players
- Worthing F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Midland Football League players
- Southern Football League representative players
- British Army soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs