Billy Byrne
Personal information
Full name William Byrne[1]
Date of birth (1918-10-22)22 October 1918[1]
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Date of death 2001 (aged 82–83)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Port Vale 15 (2)
1947–1949 Crewe Alexandra 17 (1)
Stafford Rangers
Total 32+ (3+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Byrne (22 October 1918 – 2001) was an English footballer.

Career

Byrne joined Port Vale as an amateur in March 1946 and after making his debut in a war cup match in April that year, signed as a professional the next month.[1] He played fifteen league and one FA Cup game in the 1946–47 season, but only scored two goals in wins over Mansfield Town and Notts County in the Third Division South.[1] He left The Old Recreation Ground in July 1947, when manager Gordon Hodgson transferred him to nearby Crewe Alexandra of the Third Division North.[1] He scored one goal in 18 appearances for the "Railwaymen" in 1947–48 and 1948–49 under Frank Hill and then Arthur Turner.[1] He later he played for non-League Stafford Rangers.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1946–47 Third Division South 15210162
Crewe Alexandra 1947–48 Third Division North 16110171
1948–49 Third Division North 100010
Total 32320343

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 50. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Billy Byrne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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