Ernest Willett (27 July 1919 – 13 February 1985) was an English footballer who played one game for Port Vale in the English Football League in October 1946.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernie Willett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1919-07-27)27 July 1919[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 13 February 1985(1985-02-13) (aged 65)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stoke City | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1940–1947 | Port Vale | 1 | (0) |
| 1947–1949 | Witton Albion | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Willett graduated through the Port Vale youth team to sign as a professional in January 1940.[1] He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground against Macclesfield Town in a war cup match on 13 April 1946; the match finished goalless.[1] His second game was in the English Football League Third Division South on 5 October 1946, in a 3–0 loss to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at Dean Court.[1] He was not selected again in the 1946–47 season, and he was instead transferred to Cheshire County League side Witton Albion in March 1947.[1] He scored one goal in twelve games in what remained of the 1946–47 season, appeared 45 times in the 1947–48 campaign and scored one goal from five games in the 1948–49 season.[2][3][4]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1946–47[5] | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Witton Albion | 1946–47[2] | Cheshire County League | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| 1947–48[3] | Cheshire County League | 45 | 0 | |||||||
| 1948–49[4] | Cheshire County League | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 62 | 2 | ||||||||