Billy Shearman was an English

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who played in the

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for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. He scored on his debut for Nottingham Forest on 3 October 1903 in the away match against

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. His last game for Forest was on 12 December 1908 in the 1-1 draw at home to

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. He was the highest scorer for Forest in the 1904-05 season with 13 league goals. Shearman went on the Nottingham Forest tour of Uruguay and Argentina in 1905. He played in all 8 games and scored in 7 of them with a total 13 goals.

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