William Francis Guest (8 February 1914 – 15 November 1994) was an English professional

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who played as an outside left for

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, Blackburn Rovers and

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either side of the Second World War. During the war, he won a runners-up medal with Blackburn Rovers in the

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. He went on to play for Peterborough United in the Midland League, for

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and Lovell's Athletic in the Southern League, and for Hinckley United and Bilston United. During the war he was a guest-player for Lovell's Athletic, the

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for Lovell's sweet factory in

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References

External links

Guest's Football League stats
at Neil Brown's Post War Player Database. Note that Brown mistakenly includes data for a different William Guest who played for West Ham United in 1936.
Guest's Peterborough stats
1914 births 1994 deaths People from Brierley Hill Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley English men's footballers Men's association football outside forwards Birmingham City F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Lovell's Athletic F.C. players Hinckley Athletic F.C. players Bilston Town F.C. players English Football League players Midland Football League players Southern Football League players Lovell's Athletic F.C. wartime guest players {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub