William Byrne (22 October 1918 – 2001) was an English

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Career

Byrne joined

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

as an amateur in March 1946 and after making his debut in a war cup match in April that year, signed as a professional the next month. He played fifteen league and one

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game in the 1946–47 season, but only scored two goals in wins over

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and Notts County in the

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. He left

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in July 1947, when

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Gordon Hodgson transfered him to nearby Crewe Alexandra of the

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. He scored one goal in 18 appearances for the "Railwaymen" in 1947–48 and 1948–49 under

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and then Arthur Turner. He later he played for non-League

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Billy 1918 births 2001 deaths Footballers from Newcastle-under-Lyme English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Port Vale F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players