- Billy Beats
Infobox Football biography
playername = Billy Beats
fullname = William Edwin Beats
dateofbirth = birth date|1871|11|13|df=yes
cityofbirth =Wolstanton
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1936|4|6|1871|11|13|df=yes
cityofdeath =Reading, Berkshire
countryofdeath =England
height =
position = Centre forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1892–1895
1895–1903
1903–1906
1906–1907
1907–????
clubs = Port Hill
Port Vale Rovers
Burslem Port Vale
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol Rovers
Burslem Port Vale
Reading
caps(goals) =
077 (26)
199 (67)
094 (44)
033 (13)
nationalyears = 1901–1902
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(0)William Edwin "Billy" Beats (
13 November 1871 –6 April 1936 ) was an English international footballer fromWolstanton inStaffordshire .Beats won two caps for England in 1901 and 1902 while a player at Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom 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 May 1902 due to the collapse of a terrace, resulting in the deaths of 25 people.Honours
Wolverhampton Wanderers
*FA Cup finalist: 1896Bristol Rovers
* Southern League championship: 1904-05References
*cite web |url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=94 |title=William Beats |work=englandfc.com |accessdate=2007-11-25
*cite book |last=Byrne |first=Stephen |coauthors=Jay, Mike
title=Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003
year=2003 |publisher=Tempus
location=Stroud |isbn=0-7524-2717-2External links
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/default.htm?i=109 William Beats player profile] at thefa.com
*soccerbase|id=528
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