Billy Bean (footballer)

Billy Bean
Personal information
Full name Alfred Samuel Bean[1]
Date of birth (1915-08-25)25 August 1915[1]
Place of birth Lincoln,[1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Utility player
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1934 Lincoln Corinthians
1934–1949 Lincoln City 171[a] (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Samuel Bean (25 August 1915 – 25 November 1993), known as Alf or Billy Bean,[3] was an English footballer who made 171[a] appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City either side of the Second World War. He began his career as an outside left, switched to wing half, and later played even further back, at left back.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Billy Bean". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Lincoln City. Captures: Raw and Corbett". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xiii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.


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