Billy Beer (footballer)

Billy Beer
Sheffield United's 1901 Cup Final team: Beer is seated third from the left.
Personal information
Full name William John Beer
Date of birth (1879-01-04)4 January 1879
Place of birth Skinningrove, Yorkshire, England
Date of death 21 June 1958 (1958-06-22) (aged 79)
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Staveley Town
Sheffield United
Chesterfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898–1902 Sheffield United 73 (18)
1902–1910 Small Heath / Birmingham[a] 236 (34)
Managerial career
1923–1927 Birmingham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William John Beer (4 January 1879, Skinningrove, Yorkshire – 21 June 1958, Nottingham[2]) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sheffield United and Small Heath (renamed Birmingham in 1905).

  1. ^ "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ Obituary in Nottingham Guardian, 23 June 1958, page 7, column 3.


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