Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Lansdowne [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 April 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Epping, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–1978 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1979–1981 | West Ham United | 9 | (1) |
1981–1982 | Charlton Athletic | 32 | (4) |
1982–1983 | Gillingham | 6 | (2) |
1983–1988 | Kalmar FF | 122 | (38) |
Leytonstone & Ilford | |||
Dagenham | |||
Anderstorp | |||
Total | 169 | (45) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Lansdowne (born 28 April 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and Sweden, Lansdowne scored 45 goals in 169 career league games. On 24 September 2018 he was inducted into the Kalmar FF Wall of Fame. [2] [3] [4]
Born in Epping, Essex, Lansdowne began his career with West Ham United, making his professional debut for the club on 28 April 1979. [5] Lansdowne later played for Charlton Athletic and Gillingham, and made a total of 47 appearances in the Football League for all three clubs. [6]
Lansdowne later spent six seasons with Swedish club Kalmar FF and was joint-top scorer in the Allsvenskan in 1985 with 10 goals. [7] He played in the 1987 Svenska Cupen Final, where Kalmar FF won. In September 2018, he was commemorated with a plaque at the Guldfågeln Arena. [8]
He later played for Leytonstone & Ilford, Dagenham and Anderstorp. [9]
After his retirement, he remained in Sweden and became a football commentator for TV4. He later commentated on greyhound racing for TV3. [10]
Lansdowne's father Bill was also a professional footballer who played for West Ham United. [11] His son, Billy Jr, played for Nybro IF, IFK Berga and Lindsdals IF, in the lower levels of Swedish football. [12] [13]
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