Cyril Williams
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cyril Edward Williams | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Date of death | January , 1980 | ||
Place of death | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938–1948 | Bristol City | 78 | (27) |
1948–1951 | West Bromwich Albion | 71 | (19) |
1951–1958 | Bristol City | 218 | (42) |
1958–1966 | Chippenham Town | ?? | (?) |
Managerial career | |||
1966-1967 | Gloucester City | ||
1958-1966 | Chippenham Town player manager | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cyril Edward Williams (born 17 November 1921 in Bristol and died January 1980 in Weston-super-Mare Somerset) was an English footballer who played as an inside left. He made over 360 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War. [1]
Career
Cyril Williams played locally in Bristol. [2] Bob Hewison signed Williams in May 1939 for Bristol City without making the first team in the 3 league matches in the truncated 1939-40 season. [2] [3] Williams played as a guest for Reading and Tottenham Hotspur during the Second World War. [2] Cyril Williams continued his career for Bristol City after the war. [2] [3]
Honours
- with West Bromwich Albion
- Football League Second Division runners up: 1948-49
- with Bristol City
References
- ^ Hugman, Barry (1998). PFA Football League Players' Records 1946 – 1998. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
- ^ a b c d Woods, David (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
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Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Bristol
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- The Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Chippenham Town F.C. players
- Western Football League players
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Chippenham Town F.C. managers
- Gloucester City F.C. managers
- English football biography stubs