Billy Booth (footballer)

Billy Booth
Personal information
Full name William Booth[1]
Date of birth 9 May 1886
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 76–77)[1]
Playing position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Thorpe Hesley Parish Church
1907 Sheffield United 1 (0)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Castleford Town
Worthing
National team
Southern League XI 7
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William "Billy" Booth (9 May 1886 – 1963) was an English professional football centre half who played in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 32. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ↑ "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2015-12-26.


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