Jump to content

Billy Spittle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Red Director (talk | contribs) at 19:40, 23 December 2020 (Adding local short description: "English footballer", overriding Wikidata description "English footballer" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Billy Spittle
Personal information
Full name William Arthur Spittle[1]
Date of birth 19 March 1893[2]
Place of birth Southfields, England
Date of death 12 February 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 85)[2]
Place of death Texas, United States[2]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Southfields Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1919 Arsenal 7 (0)
1919–1921 Leicester City 26 (3)
1921–1922 Nuneaton Town (3)
Tamworth Castle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Arthur Spittle (19 March 1893 – 12 February 1979) was an English professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Arsenal.[1][3]

Personal life

Spittle served as a corporal in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[4][5]

Honours

Nuneaton Town

  • Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1921[3]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1912–13[6] First Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
1913–14[6] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Leicester City 1919–20[7] Second Division 8 1 0 0 8 1
1920–21[7] 18 2 0 0 18 2
Total 26 3 0 0 26 3
Career total 33 3 0 0 33 3

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA.
  3. ^ a b "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). pp. 21–78. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ "William Spittle". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  6. ^ a b "William Arthur Spittle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Billy Spittle | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". Retrieved 19 June 2017.


Flag of EnglandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1890s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Spittle&oldid=995956430"