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Billy
Silto |
Swindon Town
FC
reserve
1912 |
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Timeline |
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William Alfred Silto |
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Birth |
Sunday, 6 May 1883 in Little Usworth, Washington, County Durham |
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registered as Silito April-June 1883 |
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According to the 1891 census,
seven year-old William is the eldest of three children to William and Fanny Langford (née Banks),
living at 75 New Rows in Little Usworth, Washington. His father is a coal
miner. |
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According to the 1901 census,
18 year-old William, a coal putter, is now the eldest of the five living
at home with their parents at 18 New Rows in Ushworth. His father is a
chock drawer. |
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Marriage |
to Annie Cross, on Sunday, 27 January 1907, at St. Peter's Church,
Barnsley, West Riding |
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registered in Barnsley January-March 1907 |
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Children |
Billy and Annie Silto had two children together. William
(b.19 February 1908) and Joseph (b.31 May 1911). |
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According to the 1911 census,
William Alfred is a professional footballer and is now married with one
son, William. They live at 135 Roseberry Street in Swindon. |
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According to the 1921 census,
William Alfred, now a club steward for the Comrades Social Club, is still
married, and now with two sons, they live at 25 Milton Road in Swindon.
His father died 3 May 1925. His mother died in mid-1930. |
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According to the 1939 register,
William is a licensed victualler (The Ship Hotel), living at 179 Westcott
Place in Swindon, with his wife and two children. |
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Death |
Summer 1959 in Swindon |
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aged 76 years |
registered in Swindon July-September 1959 |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his
career with Washington FC, Hebburn Argyle FC and then Barnsley FC and then a
proposed £1000 move to Aston Villa FC fell through, Silto instead
joined Swindon Town FC during the 1909 summer.
Going on to make 239 Southern League appearances, scoring five goals. He
retired in 1920. |
League honours
99 appearances, 3 goals |
Barnsley FC 1904-09 99 appearances,
three goals
debut (division two): 3 December 1904 Barnsley FC 2
Leicester Fosse FC 1.
last (division two): 12 April 1909 Oldham
AThletic FC 0 Barnsley FC 0. |
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Club honours |
not known |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Distinctions |
not known |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Individual honours |
The South (one appearance, November 1912); |
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Beyond England |
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After the war, in which Silto was posted to the front after
choosing to guest for Arsenal rather than playing for his regiment's team.
He went on to work on the railways, and was landlord of The Ship in
Faringdon Road. |
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