Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Booth [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Date of death | 1963 (aged 76) [2] | ||
Place of death | Brighton, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1907 | Thorpe Hesley Parish Church | ||
1907–1908 | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
1908–1920 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 303 | (8) |
1920–1921 | Castleford Town | ||
Worthing | |||
International career | |||
Southern League XI | 7 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Booth (9 May 1886 – 1963) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Sheffield United. [1] He made 369 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion and was a member of the team that won the 1909–10 Southern League First Division championship and the 1910 FA Charity Shield. [2] Booth was a non-playing reserve for England in February 1913. [3]
Booth served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. [4] He died in Brighton in 1963 at the age of 76. [2]
Brighton & Hove Albion