William Forrester (1869 – after 1892) was an English

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who played in

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for

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Career

Forrester was born in

Stoke-upon-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly called Stoke is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 18 ...

and played for Hanley Town before joining Stoke in 1891. He played one match in

which came in a 3–0 defeat to

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during the 1891–92 season where he played in place of the injured Billy Dunn. He was released soon after and re-joined Hanley Town.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrester, Billy English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players 1869 births Year of death missing Men's association football outside forwards Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent