Billy Spittle
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Arthur Spittle[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Southfields, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southfields Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1919 | Arsenal | 7 | (0) |
| 1919–1921 | Leicester City | 26 | (3) |
| 1921–1922 | Nuneaton Town | (3) | |
| Tamworth Castle | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William Arthur "Billy" Spittle was an English professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Arsenal.[1][2]
Personal life
Spittle served as a corporal in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[3][4]
Honours
- Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1921[2]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 "Nuneaton Town 1919-1937 Part 1" (PDF). pp. 21–78. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Memorial will honour Leicester footballers who served in First World War". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
- ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-0857330772.
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