Billy
Moore |
West Ham United FC
1 appearance, 2 debut goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 1
100% successful
1923
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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William Gray Bruce Moore |
Birth |
6 October 1894 in
Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [registered in
Tynemouth, March 1895]. |
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According to the 1901
census, William G.B. is the only child to John and Sarah J. They live at
45 Cambridge Street in Elswick in Newcastle. His father is a beer
retailer. |
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According to the 1911
census, William Grey Bruce is a colliery labourer working above ground,
living with his grandmother at 44 Foremason's Row in Seaton Deleval. |
Marriage |
to Lena Jowett
[registered in Gateshead, December 1917]. |
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According to the 1921 census,
William Gray Bruceis now a journalist for the Newcastle Chronicle and is
the oldest of the five children still at home with their parents now at 17
Victoria Parade in Blyth.
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According to the 1939 register, William G.B. is a trainer and groundsman
at West Ham United FC, living at 116 Plashet Road in Upton. |
Death |
26 September 1968 in Plaistow,
aged
73 years 356 days
[registered in Newham, Essex, September 1968]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
with Seaton Delaval FC and signed for Sunderland AFC as an amateur in
November 1912, turning professional during WW1. After 46 league
appearances and eleven goals, he signed with West Ham
United FC on 13 May 1922, retiring in 1929, he made 181 league
appearances, scoring 42 goals. |
Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1922-23; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
7", 10st.
0lbs [1923]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of two who
became the 458th
players (458) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside-right |
Only match |
No. 136,
24 May 1923,
Sweden 1 England 3,
an end-of-season tour match at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, aged
28 years
230 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
England Amateur
(four appearances) |
Distinctions |
Died thirteen days
after Frank Barson |
Beyond England |
After retiring, he became West Ham
United FC's assistant trainer. He was appointed their Head Trainer in
1932, holding this appointment until his retirement in May 1960. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.177. |