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Bill
Ellerington |
Southampton
FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 7:
A 2
100% successful
1949
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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William Ellerington |
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Birth |
30 June 1923
in Southampton, Hampshire [registered in
Southampton, September 1923]. |
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According to Passenger Lists, William
Ellerington was a part of Southampton FC party that left Southampton port
for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 29 April 1948. His address was recorded as 62 Rampart Road in
Southampton. The ship he and his teammates travelled on was the Andes,
bound for Buenos Aires, under the mastership of H.L.Way. |
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Marriage |
to Rosalind W. Gregory [registered in
Winchester, Hampshire, September 1949]. |
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Ellerington was then was one of numerous professional footballers (The FA
Tourists of Canada) returning to the Port of Liverpool on 30 June 1950
from Montréal, Québec. He is aboard the Empress of Canada. His address is
stated as 62 Rampart Road in Southampton. |
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Death |
4 April 2015 in Southampton, aged
91 years 278 days [registered in
Southampton, April 2015]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played with Sunderland schools, before
joining Sunderland AFC as an amateur. Playing with Fatfield Juniors FC as
he did. As his family returned to Southampton, Bill signed amateur
forms with Southampton FC in August 1940, signing professionally in August
1945. Before the decade had ended, Bill suffered with serious
pneumonia, but soon returned to represent England. He retired after
227 league appearances, scoring ten times, in 1961. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Son of Bill Ellerington, Middlesbrough FC
and Nelson FC wing-half. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
3lbs [1949]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three who became the 683rd players
(683) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 247, 18 May 1949, Norway 1 England 4, an
end-of-season European tour match at
Ullevål Stadion, Ullevål, Oslo, aged 25 years
322 days. |
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Last match |
No. 248, 22 May 1949, France 1 England 3, an
end-of-season European tour match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, aged
25 years 326 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (one appearance, 1949). England
Schoolboy (three appearances, 1937). Also part
of the FA XI Tour of United States and Canada 1950. |
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Distinctions |
The ninth Hampshirian to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
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Remained in Southampton following his
retirement from playing. Sadly suffered a major stroke in 2007.
- The Stroke Association |
