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English footballer

Billy Booth
Personal information
Full name William Booth
Date of birth (1886-05-09)9 May 1886
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 76)
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
International career
Southern League XI 7
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Booth (9 May 1886 – 1963) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Sheffield United. He made 369 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion and was a member of the team that won the 1909–10 Southern League First Division championship and the 1910 FA Charity Shield. Booth was a non-playing reserve for England in February 1913.

Personal life

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

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 32. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  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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