Bill Ashurst (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Ashurst[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 May 1894||
Place of birth | Willington, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 26 January 1947[2] | (aged 52)||
Place of death | Bulwell, England[3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1914 | Willington | ||
1914–???? | Durham City | ||
1919 | Leeds City | 0 | (0) |
1919–1920 | Lincoln City | 24 | (0) |
1920–1926 | Notts County | 200 | (0) |
1926–1928 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | (1) |
1928–???? | Newark Town | ||
–1930 | Brentwood Colliery | ||
Bestwood Colliery | |||
International career | |||
1923–1925 | England | 5 | (0) |
1923 | Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Ashurst (4 May 1894 – 26 January 1947) was an English professional footballer who made 200 appearances in the Football League for Notts County as a right back.[1] He was capped by England at international level and represented the Football League XI.[3] Ashurst also played league football for Lincoln City and West Bromwich Albion.[1][4]
Personal life
[edit]Ashurst's younger brother Eli also became a footballer.[5] During the First World War, Ashurst served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and as a private in the Tank Corps.[6]
Career statistics
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lincoln City | 1919–20[2] | Second Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Notts County | 1922–23[7] | Second Division | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
1923–24[7] | First Division | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
1924–25[7] | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
1925–26[7] | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 1926–27[4] | First Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Career total | 169 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 1 |
Honours
[edit]Notts County
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ a b c d "William Ashurst". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "England Players – Bill Ashurst". englandfootballonline. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Bill Ashurst". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ashurst Bill Notts County 1925". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Bill Ashurst on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b c d "Notts County FC in the 1920's". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1947 deaths
- People from Willington, County Durham
- Footballers from County Durham
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- English Football League representative players
- Willington A.F.C. players
- Leeds City F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- Newark Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Durham City A.F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Royal Tank Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from County Durham
- English football defender, 1890s birth stubs