Billy Newman
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Newman | ||
Date of birth | 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Midfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1966 | Home Farm | ||
1966–1968 | Bohemians | ? | (12) |
1968–1970 | Shelbourne | 19 | (2) |
1970–1972 | Parkvilla | ||
1972–1974 | Shelbourne | 31 | (7) |
1982 | Shelbourne | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
1969 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Billy Newman was an Irish football player in the League of Ireland during the 1960s and 1970s.
Billy played for the amateur Bohemians alongside the likes of Billy Young and Tommy Kelly before turning professional and signing for Shelbourne.
While at Shelbourne, he made his solitary appearance for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 27 May 1969 in a 2–0 defeat to Denmark in place of Johnny Giles.[1][2][3] Newman was also briefly player-manager of Tonbridge in 1971, replacing fellow Irishman Joe Carolan in the role.
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Categories:
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland international footballers
- Bohemian F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Living people
- 1947 births
- Home Farm F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Republic of Ireland football biography stubs