Bill Pepper

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Bill Pepper
Personnel
Surname William George Pepper
birthday 2nd quarter 1895
place of birth Faversham ,  England
date of death October 25, 1918
Place of death Mesopotamia
position goal
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Sheppey United
1913 Leicester Fosse 1 (0)
1913 Gillingham FC 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

William George "Bill" Pepper (* 2nd quarter 1895 in Faversham , † October 25, 1918 in Mesopotamia ) was an English football player .

Career

Pepper played as a goalkeeper for Sheppey United in the Kent League before he was used as a test player for Leicester Fosse in a friendly against Gillingham FC in early February 1913 . In the 2-0 win, in which the Swedish international Karl Gustafsson also ran for Leicester for the first time, Pepper was praised by the press for "proving to be supportive" and "giving a very satisfactory performance". Just a week later he made his debut in the Football League Second Division for Leicester instead of regular goalkeeper Fred Mearns . The game at Leeds City ended, however, with a 1: 5 defeat. In April he was scheduled for the last home game of the season against Burnley FC , but had to cancel his appearance on match day and was replaced by Harry Furr . In the autumn of 1913 he appeared briefly for Gillingham, in addition to an appearance in the Southern League , when he was used instead of long-time regular keeper AV Bailey in a league game against Southend United (final score 4: 2) in September 1913 , he also played several times for the reserve team in the South Eastern League .

Professionally, Pepper worked as a bottle washer in a mineral water factory in Faversham. During World War I he served in the rank of Lance Corporal in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment . He was killed during fighting on the Mesopotamia front on August 25, 1918, a few days before the Moudros armistice . His name can be found on the Basra monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dave Smith & Paul Taylor: Of Fossils & Foxes: The Official, Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club . Pitch Publishing, Brighton 2016, ISBN 978-1-78531-228-1 , pp. 211 .
  2. ↑ FOSSE'S FRESH TALENT. SWEDISH AMATEUR AND NEW GOALKEEPER. . In: Leicester Daily Post , February 3, 1913, p. 6.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ GILLINGHAM v. LEICESTER FOSSE. . In: Daily Herald , February 3, 1913, p. 8.  (link with costs)
  4. ↑ LEEDS CITY v. LEICESTER FOSSE. . In: Leicester Daily Post , February 6, 1913, p. 6.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ LEEDS CITY'S ADVANCEMENT: LEICESTER FOSSE EASILY DEFEATED. . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , February 10, 1913, p. 4.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ NOTES ON SPORT. FOOTBALL. . In: Burnley Express , April 19, 1913, p. 12.  (link with costs)
  7. ↑ LEICESTER FOSSE V BURNLEY . In: Leicester Daily Post , April 19, 1913, p. 2.  (link with costs)
  8. ↑ A REVIVAL WITH A VENGEANCE. . In: Athletic News , September 22, 1913, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)
  9. ^ Andy Bradley, Roger Triggs: Home of the Shouting Men: Complete History of Gillingham Football Club 1893-1993 . Gillingham Football Club, Gillingham 1994, ISBN 978-0-9523361-0-5 , pp. 57 f .
  10. ↑ JOTTINGS ON SPORT. . In: East Kent Gazette , September 13, 1913, p. 3.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ SOUTH-EASTERN LEAGUE. . In: Daily Citizen (Manchester) , September 18, 1913, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  12. ↑ footballandthefirstworldwar.org: William George Pepper | Service Record , accessed October 10, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Pepper, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pepper, William George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH between April 1895 and June 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Faversham
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1918
Place of death Mesopotamia