Bert Williams
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Full name |
Bert Frederick Williams MBE |
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Date of birth |
(1920-01-31)31 January 1920 |
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Place of birth |
Bradley, Staffordshire, England |
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Date of death |
19 January 2014(2014-01-19) (aged 93) |
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Place of death |
Wolverhampton, West Midlands |
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Height |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Bilston |
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Thompson's FC |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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1937–1945 |
Walsall |
25 |
(0) |
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1945–1959 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
381 |
(0) |
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1949 |
England B |
1 |
(0) |
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1949–1955 |
England |
30 |
(0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Bert Frederick Williams MBE (31 January 1920 – 19 January 2014) was an English international football goalkeeper. Nicknamed "The Cat", he spent the majority of his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers where he won the League Championship and FA Cup. At the time of his death Williams was the oldest living England international.[1]
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