Billy Brewer (footballer)

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Billy Brewer
Personal information
Birth name William Arthur Brewer
Date of birth (1893-05-19)19 May 1893[1]
Place of birth Chippenham, England[2]
Date of death 13 November 1914(1914-11-13) (aged 21)
Place of death Hooge, Belgium
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Chippenham Town
1913 Swindon Town 1 (0)
Chippenham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Arthur Brewer (19 May 1893 – 13 November 1914) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Southern Football League (SFL) for Swindon Town.[3]

Personal life[]

Brewer worked as a woolen cloth weaver and served in the Territorial Army for three years.[1][4] On 1 September 1914, a week after the outbreak of the First World War, he re-enlisted in the Wiltshire Regiment in Devizes as a private.[1][4] Brewer was killed in action at Hooge on 13 November 1914 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[2][5] Brewer's body was never recovered.

See also[]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swindon Town 1913–14[3] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b c William Arthur Brewer on Lives of the First World War
  2. ^ a b "William Arthur Brewer". pro-patria.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Billy BREWER". Swindon-Town-FC-co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "William Arthur Brewer | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Casualty Details: William Arthur Brewer". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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