Billy Beats Football player

William Edwin "Billy" Beats (13 November 1871 – 6 April 1936) was an England international footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 150 goals in 403 league games in 16 years from 1891 to 1907.He began his career with Burslem Port Vale in 1891, and played in the inaugural season of the Second Division. He was sold on to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80 in June 1895, and went on to pick up an FA Cup runners-up medal after playing in the 1896 FA Cup Final. Whilst with the club he won two England caps. He moved on to Bristol Rovers in 1903, and helped the "Gas" to the Southern League title in 1904–05. He made a return to Port Vale in August 1906, before he joined Reading the following year.

Personal facts

Billy Beats
Alias (AKA)William Edwin Beats
Birth dateNovember 13, 1871
Birth place
England national football team , Wolstanton
Date of deathApril 06, 1936
Place of death
England national football team , Reading Berkshire , Reading F.C.

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
England national football team
Reading F.C.
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Port Vale F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

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