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 Townley in his earlier years | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 February 1866 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 May 1950 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1882–1883 | Blackburn Swifts | ||
| 1883–1886 | Blackburn Olympic | ||
| 1886–1892 | Blackburn Rovers | 77 | (27) |
| 1892–1893 | Stockton | ||
| 1893–1894 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | (10) |
| 1894–1896 | Darwen | 42 | (15) |
| 1896–1897 | Manchester City | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1889–1890 | England | 2 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| –1909 | Deutscher FC Prag | ||
| 1909–1911 | Karlsruher FV | ||
| 1911–1913 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1914 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 1914 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1914 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 1919–1921 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 1920 | St. Gallen | ||
| 1921 | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
| –1923 | SC Victoria Hamburg | ||
| 1923–1925 | St. Gallen | ||
| 1924 | Netherlands | ||
| 1926–1927 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| FSV Frankfurt | |||
| 1930–1932 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1932 | Eintracht Hannover | ||
| Arminia Hannover | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William James Townley (14 February 1866 – 30 May 1950) was an English football player and coach.
He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, and he is considered an important pioneer of the game in Germany, leading Karlsruher FV and SpVgg Fürth to three German championships as a coach.
- ^ "William Townley". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2024.