Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Arthur Spittle | ||
Date of birth | (1893-03-19)19 March 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Southfields, England | ||
Date of death | 12 February 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 85) | ||
Place of death | Texas, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Southfields Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1912–1919 | Arsenal | 7 | (0) |
1919–1921 | Leicester City | 26 | (3) |
1921–1922 | Nuneaton Town | (3) | |
Tamworth Castle | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Arthur Spittle (19 March 1893 – 12 February 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Arsenal as an inside forward.
Personal life
Spittle served as a corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War. A gunshot wound to the left shoulder led to his discharge in May 1918.
Honours
Nuneaton Town
- Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1921
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Woolwich Arsenal | 1912–13 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
1913–14 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Leicester City | 1919–20 | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
1920–21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
Career total | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA.
- "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). pp. 21–78. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "William Spittle | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "William Arthur Spittle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Billy Spittle | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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