Billy Biggar
William Biggers (16 October 1874 – 11 July 1935), known during his playing career as William "Billy" Biggar, was an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 210 appearances in the Southern League for Watford.[1] In all competitions for the Hornets, he made 283 appearances and scored two penalties.[1] Earlier in his career he appeared in the Football League for Sheffield United.[2] During his long playing career, he also acted as trainer at Rochdale and coached at Earlestown.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Biggers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexborough, England | ||
| Date of death | 11 July 1935 (aged 60)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Surrey, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Mexborough | |||
| Thurnscoe Victoria | |||
| Birtley | |||
| 1899–1901 | Sheffield United | 14 | (0) |
| 1902–1903 | West Ham United | 7 | (0) |
| 1903–1904 | Fulham | 6 | (0) |
| 1904–1910 | Watford | 217 | (1) |
| 1910–1917 | Rochdale | ||
| 1919–1920 | Leyland Motors | ||
| 1931 | Earlestown | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United | 1902–03[3] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Fulham | 1903–04 | Southern League First Division | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Watford | 1904–05[4] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
| 1905–06[4] | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| 1906–07[4] | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 1907–08[4] | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 1908–09[4] | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||
| 1909–10[4] | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Total | 217 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 238 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 232 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 256 | 1 | ||
- Appearances in Southern Professional Charity Cup.
References
- "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016 – Players – Battocchio to Bolton" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 27. ISBN 190589161X.
- "William Biggar". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016 » Seasons – 1900/01 to 1909/10" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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