Billy Byrne (footballer)

Billy Byrne

Personal information
Full name	William Byrne[1]
Date of birth	22 October 1918[1]
Place of birth	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Date of death	2001 (aged 82–83)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1947	Port Vale	15	(2)
1947–1949	Crewe Alexandra	17	(1)
	Stafford Rangers
Total		32+	(3+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William "Billy" Byrne (22 October 1918 – 2001) was an English footballer.

Playing career

Byrne joined Port Vale as an amateur in March 1946 and after making his debut in a war cup match in April that year, signed as a professional the next month.^[1] He played fifteen league and one FA Cup game in the 1946–47 season, but only scored two goals in wins over Mansfield Town and Notts County in the Third Division South.^[1] He left The Old Recreation Ground in July 1947, when manager Gordon Hodgson transferred him to nearby Crewe Alexandra of the Third Division North.^[1] He scored one goal in 18 appearances for the "Railwaymen" in 1947–48 and 1948–49 under Frank Hill and then Arthur Turner.^[1] He later he played for non-league Stafford Rangers.^[1]

Statistics

• Sourced from Billy Byrne profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1946–47	Third Division South	15	2	1	0	16	2
Crewe Alexandra	1947–48	Third Division North	16	1	1	0	17	1
	1948–49	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		32	3	2	0	34	3

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 50. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.