Billy Lewis (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Lewis | ||
Date of birth | 1864 | ||
Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
Date of death | 1935 | ||
Position(s) | 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 | ? | |
International career | |||
1885–1898 | Wales | 27 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and 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
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- ↑ Everton player stats
- ↑ Manchester City player statistics at mcfcstats.co.uk
- ↑ Chester City Club Records
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- 1864 births
- 1935 deaths
- People from Bangor, Gwynedd
- Wales international footballers
- Welsh footballers
- The Football League players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- Welsh football biography stubs