Charlie Billington

Charlie Billington
Personal information
Full name Charles Roy Billington[1]
Date of birth (1927-11-08)8 November 1927[1]
Place of birth Chesterfield,[1] England
Date of death 19 November 1985(1985-11-19) (aged 58)[1]
Place of death Chesterfield,[1] England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Parkhouse Colliery
1944–1946 Chesterfield 0 (0)
1946–1956 Aldershot 212 (11)
1956–1957 Norwich City 22 (0)
1957–1958 Watford 14 (0)
1958–1959 Mansfield Town 1 (0)
1959–19?? Burton Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Roy Billington (8 November 1927 – 19 November 1985) was an English professional footballer who made 249 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Aldershot (226 appearances in all competitions[2]), Norwich City, Watford and Mansfield Town.[1] He was on the books of hometown club Chesterfield as an amateur, but never played for their first team, and played non-league football for Parkhouse Colliery and Burton Albion.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Charlie Billington". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "On this day 15–21 January". Aldershot Town F.C. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Battocchio to Bolton" (PDF). The Watford FC Archive. Trefor Jones. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "No first team" (XLSX). cfchistory.com. Stuart Basson. 16 June 2019.


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