William Kellock (18 April 1889 – 1958) was an English

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player and

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. Capable of playing as an

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and

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, he spent the majority of his career with

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

, appearing for the club in the Southern League and

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. He also played for Aberdare Athletic and

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in the Football League. Kellock later played in the Southern League for

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Career

Kellock was born in

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

. He began his career with

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, where he failed to make a first team appearance and he played for

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club St Brieux before moving to

in 1913. He made six appearances in the Southern League, scoring one goal, before the

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began. He scored 14 goals in 21 wartime matches as a guest player for

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

, and also appeared for his old club, Stockport. With competitive football restored, Kellock was Argyle's top goalscorer in the 1919–20 season with 13 from 28 matches. The club was elected to

in 1920 and he made six appearances in the

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before being transferred to Torquay Town. In 1921, he played for Torquay in the Western League before returning to League football later that year with Aberdare Athletic, where he scored four times in 15 appearances. He moved on to

in 1922, scoring 12 goals in 29 matches, and then returned to

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to join

, the result of a merger between Torquay Town and

Babbacombe Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village, the Babbacombe Theatre and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway. Frequent bu ...

. Kellock appeared regularly for the club in the Southern League and finished top goalscorer in the 1923–24 and 1924–25 seasons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kellock, Billy Footballers from Stockport English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Stockport County F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Aberdare Athletic F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Burnley F.C. wartime guest players Southern Football League players English Football League players Torquay Town F.C. players 1889 births 1958 deaths Royal Field Artillery soldiers British Army personnel of World War I English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France