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Revision as of 08:15, 26 November 2007
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| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
William Edwin "Billy" Beats (1871-11-13 – 1936-04-06) was an English international footballer from Wolstanton in Staffordshire.
Beats won two caps for the England national football team in 1901 and 1902 while a player at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he played in the 1896 FA Cup Final. After moving to Bristol Rovers in 1903 Beats won the 1904-05 Southern League championship.
Beats also played for England against Scotland in the "Ibrox disaster" match at Ibrox Stadium that was abandoned in 1902 due to the collapse of a terrace, resulting in the deaths of 25 people.
Honours
- Southern League championship: 1904-05
References
- "William Beats". englandfc.com. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- Byrne, Stephen (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
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External links
- William Beats player profile at thefa.com
- Billy Beats at Soccerbase