Billy Neale

For other people with similar names, see William Neill.
Billy Neale
Personal information
Full name William Elwood Neale[1]
Date of birth (1933-05-20)20 May 1933[1]
Place of birth Wallsend,[1] England
Date of death 2001 (aged 68)[lower-alpha 1]
Place of death North Tyneside,[lower-alpha 1] England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–195? Sunderland 0 (0)
195?–1957 North Shields
1957–1958 Darlington 15 (0)
North Shields

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


William Elwood Neale (20 May 1933 – 2001) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington, and in non-league football for North Shields. He was on the books of Sunderland without playing first-team football for them.[1][4] He did contribute to the club's "A" team winning the 1950–51 Wearside League title and two other trophies. According to the Sunderland Echo, "right half Neale, although on the small side, used both feet, distributed the ball well, and was a bundle of energy all the way through" the final of the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Neale's death was registered in October 2001 in the North Tyneside registration district of Northumberland,[2] which covers Longbenton, Tynemouth, Wallsend and Whitley Bay.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Billy Neale". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". William Elwood Neale. District: North Tyneside. County: Northumberland. District number: 0541C. Register number: C30C. Entry number: 215. Date of registration mm/yy: 1001. Retrieved 26 October 2014 via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
  3. "North Tyneside registration district". GENUKI. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. "Sunderland 'A' team's third trophy". Sunderland Echo. 8 May 1951. p. 9 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).


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