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Willie Appleyard (16 November 1878 – 14 January 1958) was an English footballer, whose career at the highest level was cut short through injury.
 Appleyard for Newcastle | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willie Appleyard | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Caistor, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 14 January 1958 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1902 | Grimsby Town | 19 | (9) |
| 1902–1908 | Newcastle United | 126 | (71) |
| 1908 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 1908–1909 | Grimsby Town | 13 | (2) |
| 1909 | Mansfield Mechanics | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
Born in Caistor, Lincolnshire, Appleyard signed for Grimsby Town in 1901 from amateur side Cleethorpes.[1] In the 1901–02 season, he scored 9 goals and made 19 league appearances for Grimsby.[2]
Appleyard was best known for wearing the number nine shirt for Newcastle United. He signed for the club in 1902 from Grimsby Town and went on to win the Championship twice as well as being a finalist in two FA Cup finals. He was known as "Cockles", a reference to a previous job he had as a Grimsby fisherman.[1] Appleyard stood at 6 ft and weighed over 14 stone. He scored Newcastle's first FA Cup hat-trick - against his former club Grimsby on 7 March 1908.[3]
After playing 145 games for Newcastle and scoring an impressive 87 goals, he was forced to leave the club in 1908 through injury. Appleyard then signed for Oldham Athletic in the Second Division.[4] After leaving Oldham he signed again for Grimsby Town in the 1908–09 season, where he scored 2 goals in 13 appearances.[5] His return lasted only a year, signing for Mansfield Mechanics in 1909. He later retired and returned to the Newcastle area, working in Vickers Shipyards in Wallsend.[4]
Honours
As a player
- FA Cup finalist: 1905, 1908
- Football League champions: 1904–05 & 1906–07
References
- Kev Fletcher (2015). The Toon's Greatest 100 Players Ever. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Publications. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-326-29685-8.
- Dave Kelly (2008). The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008. London: Yore Publications. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.
- Scott, Kenneth. "Newcastle United - A statistical journey". khscott.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
- Kev Fletcher (2015). The Toon's Greatest 100 Players Ever. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Publications. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-326-29685-8.
- Dave Kelly (2008). The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008. London: Yore Publications. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.
Resources
- A Complete Who's Who of Newcastle United, by Paul Joannou.
- Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of Newcastle United, by Paul Joannou, Tommy Canning/Patrick Canning
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