Billy Race

Billy Race
Personal information
Full name William Race[1]
Date of birth (1896-02-05)5 February 1896[1]
Place of birth Horden,[1] England
Date of death 1972 (aged 75–76)[1]
Playing position Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
– Spennymoor United
1926–1928 Darlington 40 (8)
– Spennymoor United
1929–1931 Hartlepools United 19 (2)
– Horden Colliery Welfare

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

† Appearances (goals)

William Race (5 February 1896 – 1972) was an English footballer who scored 10 goals from 59 appearances in the Football League playing on the wing for Darlington and Hartlepools United in the 1920s and 1930s. He also played non-league football for clubs including Spennymoor United and Horden Colliery Welfare.[1] According to the Derby Daily Telegraph in 1927, he was "small, yet makes for this with an elusive trickiness".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ "Promotion points. Follows Hooper". Derby Daily Telegraph. 26 February 1927. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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