Billy Davies

Davies with Crystal Palace in 1914.
Personal information
Full name	William Charles Davies
Date of birth	28 February 1881
Place of birth	Newtown, Wales
Date of death	18 August 1962(1962-08-18) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Outside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1900	Rhayader
1901	Llandrindod
1902	Knighton
1903–1905	Shrewsbury Town
1905–1907	Stoke	16	(1)
1907–1908	Crystal Palace	32	(3)
1908–1910	West Bromwich Albion	53	(4)
1910–1915	Crystal Palace	173	(23)
Total		277	(28)
International career
1908–1914	Wales	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Charles Davies (28 February 1881 – 18 August 1962)^[1] was a Welsh international footballer who played as an outside forward for Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and the Wales national team.^[2]

Career

Davies was born in Newtown^[3] and played for Rhayader, Llandrindod, Knighton and Shrewsbury Town before he joined Stoke in 1905. He played 17 times for Stoke in two seasons scoring once against Preston North End on the final day of the 1906–07 which saw Stoke suffer relegation. He then spent a season with Crystal Palace before playing over 50 matches for West Bromwich Albion. He returned to Palace in 1910 and went on to play 162 times in five years.^[4]

He was capped on four occasions by the Wales national football team.^[2] His first cap came in March 1908^[3] when he became Crystal Palace's first current international player.^[3]

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