Billy Byrne (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Byrne[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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[edit]
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[edit]
Source:[2]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1946–47 | Third Division South | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1947–48 | Third Division North | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1948–49 | Third Division North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||