Ernie Willett
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernie Willett[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 July 1919||
Place of birth | Burslem, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 13 February 1985[1] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Stoke City | |||
Port Vale | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1940–1947 | Port Vale | 1 | (0) |
Witton Albion | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ernest Willett (27 July 1919 – 13 February 1985) was an English footballer who played one game for Port Vale in the English Football League in October 1946.
Playing career[]
Willett graduated through the Port Vale youth team to sign as a professional in January 1940.[1] He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground against Macclesfield Town in a war cup match on 13 April 1946; the match finished goalless.[1] His second game was in the English Football League Third Division South on 5 October 1946, in a 3–0 loss to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at Dean Court.[1] He was not selected again in the 1946–47 season, and he was instead transferred to Witton Albion in March 1947.[1]
Statistics[]
Source:[2]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 1946–47 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
Categories:
- Sportspeople from Burslem
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Witton Albion F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 1919 births
- 1985 deaths