Billy Spittle

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Billy Spittle
Personal information
Full name William Arthur Spittle[1]
Date of birth (1893-03-19)19 March 1893[2]
Place of birth Southfields, England
Date of death 12 February 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 85)[2]
Place of death Texas, United States[2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Arthur Spittle (19 March 1893 – 12 February 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Arsenal as an inside forward.[1][4]

Personal life[edit]

Spittle served as a corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War.[5] A gunshot wound to the left shoulder led to his discharge in May 1918.[5]

Honours[edit]

Nuneaton Town

  • Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1921[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1912–13[6] First Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
1913–14[6] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Leicester City 1919–20[7] Second Division 8 1 0 0 8 1
1920–21[7] 18 2 0 0 18 2
Total 26 3 0 0 26 3
Career total 33 3 0 0 33 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA.
  3. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). pp. 21–78. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "William Spittle | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "William Arthur Spittle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Billy Spittle | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. Retrieved 19 June 2017.


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