Billy Pease

Billy Pease
Personal information
Full nameWillie Pease[1]
Date of birth(1899-09-30)30 September 1899
Place of birthLeeds, England
Date of death2 October 1955(1955-10-02) (aged 56)
Place of deathRedcar, England
Height5 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)[1]
PositionOutside right
Youth career
Holbeck St. Barnabas
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1918–1919Leeds City0[2](0)
1919–1926Northampton Town278[2](46)
1926–1933Middlesbrough222[2](99)
1933–1935Luton Town33[2](8)
International career
1927England1(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie Pease (30 September 1899 – 2 October 1955) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right.

He played in the Football League for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough and Luton Town.[3][4][2]

Early and personal life

Willie Pease was born on 30 September 1899 in Leeds.[1] His birth name has been mis-reported as William Harold Pease.[1] He was the second of five children.[1]

Career

Pease began his career with Holbeck St. Barnabas before joining the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during World War I.[1] He signed for Leeds City as an amateur, being sold to Northampton Town (again as an amateur) in October 1919.[1] He moved to Middlesbrough in May 1926, and to Luton Town in June 1933.[1][3] A role as player-manager of Gateshead in December 1934 and a later role with Hartlepools United both fell through, and he retired in January 1935.[1]

Pease earned one international cap for England in 1927.[1][5]

Later life and death

Pease was married with three sons.[1] After retiring as a player he entered the licensing trade; in 1939 he was the manager of a hotel in Middlesbrough, and in 1940 he was managing a hotel in Stokesley.[1] He later ran a bed & breakfast in Redcar, where he died on 2 October 1955, aged 56, from a brain hemorrhage.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "England Players - Billy Pease". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  3. ^ a b Billy Pease at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.
  5. ^ "Willie Pease". Englandstats.com.


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