Willie Pease (30 September 1899 – 2 October 1955) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Willie Pease[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1899-09-30)30 September 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
Date of death | 2 October 1955(1955-10-02) (aged 56) | ||
Place of death | Redcar, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Holbeck St. Barnabas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1918–1919 | Leeds City | ||
1919–1926 | Northampton Town | 278 | (46) |
1926–1933 | Middlesbrough | ||
1933–1935 | Luton Town | ||
National team | |||
1927 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played in the Football League for Leeds City, Northampton Town, Middlesbrough and Luton Town.[2][3]
Willie Pease was born on 30 September 1899 in Leeds.[1] His birth name has been mis-reported as William Harold Pease.[1] He was the second of five children.[1]
Pease began his career with Holbeck St. Barnabas before joining the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during World War I.[1] He signed for Leeds City as an amateur, being sold to Northampton Town (again as an amateur) in October 1919.[1] He moved to Middlesbrough in May 1926, and to Luton Town in June 1933.[1][2] A role as player-manager of Gateshead in December 1934 and a later role with Hartlepools United both fell through, and he retired in January 1935.[1]
Pease earned one international cap for England in 1927.[1][4]
Pease was married with three sons.[1] After retiring as a player he entered the licensing trade; in 1939 he was the manager of a hotel in Middlesbrough, and in 1940 he was managing a hotel in Stokesley.[1] He later ran a bed & breakfast in Redcar, where he died on 2 October 1955, aged 56, from a brain hemorrhage.[1]
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