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Billy Garraty |
Aston Villa FC
1
appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
2:
A
1
100% successful
1903
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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William Garraty |
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Birth |
Sunday,
6 October 1878 at the back of 32 Dollman Street, Aston, Birmingham,
Warwickshire |
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registered as Garaty in Aston October-December 1878 |
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Baptism |
Wednesday,
23 October 1878 at St. James' the Less, Aston.
His baptism confirms his birthdate. |
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According to the 1881
census, William (Garrity) is the third of four children to Francis
and Matilda (née Holmes). His father is an engine fitter, they
live at 32 Dollman Street in Aston. |
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According to
the 1891
census, William has one more younger brother, making him the middle child
of five. They live at 5 Bridge (indecipherable)
Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1901 census,
William, along with seven other footballers, is visiting Blackpool, for
they are staying at the Station Hotel on Talbot Road.
His family home
was at 19 Hall Road in Aston, where he is also stated as being a
professional footballer. He is the third of eight
children. His father was a railway engineer.
His mother died later
in 1901. |
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"FOOTBALLER'S PECULIAR TRAINING
- William Garraty, the Aston Villa and International forward, and two
other Birmingham men, were summoned at the Coleshill Police Court on
Wednesday for poaching on Lord Aylesford's estates. The offence alleged
took place on the 3rd inst., the statement being that defendants spent
many Sunday afternoons poaching in the district. Garraty denied the
offence and said he was merely walking out to keep himself in condition.
The defendants were fined 20s. and costs."
- The Coventry Herald and Free Press, 22
July 1904. |
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Marriage |
to Annie
Shufflebotham, on Saturday, 4 April 1908 at St. Nicholas Church in Kings Norton,
Worcestershire
Address stated as 279 Franklin Road, and vocation stated as being a
Professional Footballer. Annie lived at 81 Ellesmere Road in Saltley. |
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registered in Kings Norton April-June 1908 |
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Children |
Billy and Annie Garraty had eight
children together. Beatrice Ellen (b.6 July 1908), Doris
Irene (b.11 June 1910), Edith
Muriel
(b.8 August 1911), Marjorie Gwendoline (b.27
December 1912), William Frederick
(b.25 December 1913), Eric Leslie
(b.14 August 1915), Lilian Eileen (b.21 September 1916) and Cecil
Norman (b.14 April 1918). |
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According to the 1911
census, William is now married to Annie, with a daughter, Doris. He is a
licensed victualler at Ye Olde Green Man in Bromford Lane in the Erdington
area of Aston. |
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According to the 1921
census, William is out of work, still married and has six more children,
Muriel, William, Eric, Lilian and Cecil. The ten members of the family all
live at 22 Brook Hill Road in Erdington.
His wife, Annie, died in
1926. His father died on 26 September 1926.
According to Midlands Electoral Records, William and
Annie were living at 22 Brookhill Road in Erdington from at least 1920
until his death in 1931. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 6 May
1931, at 77 Dudley Road, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, from pneumonia.
He was living at 22 Brookhill Road in the town. |
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aged
52 years 212 days
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registered in Birmingham North April-June 1931 |
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Funeral |
Wednesday, 13 May
1931 at St. Saviors Church in Saltley, buried in
the family grave |
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|
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]&
BillyGarraty.com |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in Birmingham before he played for
Highfield Villa FC and Aston Shakespeare FC. Joined his local professional
club, Aston Villa FC in 1897. Transferred to Leicester Fosse FC on 7
September 1908 and to West Bromwich Albion FC on 30 October 1908. Garraty
joined Lincoln City AFC on 23 November 1910, being permitted to remain
living in Birmingham. Retired in 1911. |
League honours
300 appearances 119 goals |
Aston Villa FC 1898-1908 225
appearances 96 goals.
debut: 2 April 1898 Aston Villa FC 1 Stoke FC
1.
Leicester Fosse FC
1908 six appearances
debut: 12 September 1908 Leicester Fosse FC 1
Bristol City FC 1.
West Bromwich Albion FC
1908-10 53 appearances 21 goals
debut (division two): 31 October
1908 Barnsley FC 0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2.
Lincoln City FC
1910-11
sixteen appearances, two goals
debut (division two): 10 December
1910 Lincoln City FC 0 Birmingham FC 1.
last (division two): 29
April 1911 Hull City FC 2 Lincoln City FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One Champions 1898-99 (10ᵃ 6ᵍ), 1899-1900 (33ᵃ 27ᵍ),
runners-up 1902-03 (28ᵃ 15ᵍ), 1907-08 (8ᵃ); Division Two
third place 1908-09 (26ᵃ 12ᵍ);
The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield shared
1899, runners-up 1900, winners 1901;
FA Cup winners 1904-05
(6ᵃ 2ᵍ);
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Individual honours |
Top Goalscorer Football League (27, 1899-1900) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
0lbs [1906]. |
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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
285th
players (285) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No.
85, 2 March 1903,
England 2 Wales 1, a British
Championship match at Fratton Park, Frogmore Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, aged 24 years
147 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
The North
(one appearance, January 1903) |
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Distinctions |
Great-great-grandfather of
Jack Grealish
(England 2020-24. Billy's seventh daughter, Lilian, married Douglas Jones,
and in turn, their son married
Jack's grandmother, who went on to have Karen Burke,
Jack's mother) |
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Beyond England |
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From 1913 until 1931, worked as a
drayman (driver) at Ansell's Brewery. He was still a drayman at the time
of his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.104/5. |
England
Football Online
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