Billy Herbert

Billy Herbert
Personal information
Full name William Edward Herbert[1]
Date of birth 12 August 1888[2]
Place of birth Canning Town, England
Date of death 30 September 1928 (aged 39)[3][4]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 5 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)[5]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Walthamstow Grange
Barnet Alston
1909 Woolwich Arsenal 0 (0)
1910–1911 Glossop 17 (3)
1911 Gravesend United
1912–1919 Stoke 58 (23)
1919–1921 Bolton Wanderers 34 (7)
1921–1922 Wigan Borough 24 (6)
Total 133 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Edward Herbert (12 August 1888 – 30 September 1928) was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Glossop, Stoke and Wigan Borough.[1]

  1. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1918
  3. ^ "Former Stoke Footballer's Death". Staffordshire Sentinel. 3 August 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League : A Complete Record and Who's Who, 1921-31. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
  5. ^ Harricus (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Bolton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.