Billy Lewis (footballer)

For the Small Heath and Leicester Fosse footballer, see Bill Lewis (footballer, born 1871).
Billy Lewis
Personal information
Full name William Lewis
Date of birth 1864
Place of birth Bangor, Wales
Date of death 1935
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
? Bangor Rovers
?–1888 Bangor City ?
1888 Everton 3 (1)
1888–? Bangor City ?
? Crewe Alexandra ?
?–1896 Chester ?
1896–1897 Manchester City 12 (4)
1897–? Chester ?
National team
1885–1898 Wales 27 (8)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Billy Lewis (1864–1935) was a Welsh international footballer in the late 19th Century who played as a centre forward.[1]

He played for Bangor City before joining Everton for a brief period in the first ever season of The Football League, making 3 league appearances with the Toffees in September 1888.[2] Lewis then returned to Bangor before spells with Crewe Alexandra and Chester.[1]

In 1896 he moved to Manchester City, and he made 13 appearances for City, scoring on 4 occasions.[3]

Lewis gained 13 Welsh caps whilst with Chester, which remained a club record for more than 100 years. His record was broken when Angus Eve was capped 35 times for Trinidad & Tobago, although for 24 of these caps he was on loan away from Chester, and thus Lewis could still be argued to be the record holder.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ Everton player stats
  3. ↑ Manchester City player statistics at mcfcstats.co.uk
  4. ↑ Chester City Club Records


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