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Bill Walsh
Personal information
Full name William Walsh[1]
Date of birth (1923-12-04)4 December 1923[1]
Place of birth Horden, County Durham, England
Date of death 2014 (aged 90)[2]
Place of death Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Horden Colliery Welfare
1946–1953 Sunderland 98 (1)
1953–1954 Northampton Town 19 (0)
1954–1955 Darlington 28 (4)
– Hakoah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Walsh (4 December 1923 – 2014), known as Bill or Billy Walsh, was an English footballer who made 145 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Sunderland, Northampton Town and Darlington.[3]

Walsh began his career in non-league football with Horden Colliery Welfare,[3] and made his competitive debut for Sunderland on 11 September 1946 against Charlton Athletic in a 5–0 defeat at The Valley.[4] Overall, he went on to make 98 First Division appearances and scored one goal for the club in a career spanning from 1946 to 1953.[5] He spent one season each with Northampton Town and Darlington,[3] before emigrating to Australia in 1956,[2] where he played for Hakoah.[3]

Walsh was born in Horden,[5] County Durham, and died in Gold Coast, Queensland,[2] Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. ^ a b c "Former defender passes away". Sunderland A.F.C. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Billy Marsh". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "1946–47: Football League Division 1 – Match 4". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Bill Walsh". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 26 January 2015.


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