Walter William Cobb (born 29 September 1940), known as Billy Cobb, was an English

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who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest,

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and Lincoln City. He played in midfield. He went on to play for

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in the

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. Cobb was the scorer of Nottingham Forest's first goal in European football, in a 5–1 defeat to Valencia in the 1961–62 Fairs Cup. He scored a hat-trick on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of Luton Town. After retiring from football he kept a pub in Nottingham and managed the bars at

Nottingham Ice Stadium The Nottingham Ice Stadium was an ice rink in Nottingham, England from 1939 to 2000. It had a seating capacity of 2800 for Ice hockey games. The building was first opened in 1939 but it was quickly called upon for other purposes. Throughout Wor ...

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1940 births Living people Sportspeople from Newark-on-Trent Footballers from Nottinghamshire English footballers Association football midfielders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Boston United F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub