Billy Booth (footballer)

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]

Billy Booth
Personal information
Full name William Booth[1]
Date of birth (1886-05-09)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)
0000–1907 Thorpe Hesley Parish Church
1907–1908 Sheffield United 1 (0)
1908–1920 Brighton & Hove Albion 303 (8)
1920–1921 Castleford Town
Worthing
National team
Southern League XI 7
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Booth served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[4] He died in Brighton in 1963 at the age of 76.[2]

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 32. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 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.
  3. "England Players – Billy Booth". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. "William Booth | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 August 2020.


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