Billy Guest

Billy Guest

Personal information
Full name	William Francis Guest[1]
Date of birth	8 February 1914
Place of birth	Brierley Hill,[1] England
Date of death	15 November 1994 (aged 80)[1]
Place of death	Darwen,[1] England
Playing position	Outside left
Youth career
1928–1932	Birmingham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1937	Birmingham	76	(15)
1937–1947	Blackburn Rovers	88	(30)
1947–1948	Walsall	5	(0)
1948–1949	Peterborough United	38	(18)
1949–19??	Kidderminster Harriers
–	Lovell's Athletic
–	Hinckley United
–	Bilston United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William Francis Guest (8 February 1914 – 15 November 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left for Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers and Walsall in the Football League either side of the Second World War.^[2] During the war, he won a runners-up medal with Blackburn Rovers in the 1940 Football League War Cup Final. He went on to play for Peterborough United in the Midland League, for Kidderminster Harriers and Lovell's Athletic in the Southern League, and for Hinckley United and Bilston United.^[1]

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.

External links

• Guest's Football League stats at Neil Brown's Post War Player Database. Note that Brown mistakenly includes data for a different William Guest who played for West Ham United in 1936.
• Guest's Peterborough stats