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Bill
Ellerington |
Southampton
FC
2 caps, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 7:
A 2
100% successful
1949
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Ellerington |
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Born |
30 June 1923
in Southampton, Hampshire [registered in
Southampton, September 1923]. |
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Notes |
According to Passenger Lists, William
Ellerington was a part of Southampton FC party that left Southampton port
for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 29 April 1948. His address was recorded as 62 Rampart Road in
Southampton. The ship he and his teammates travelled on was the Andes,
bound for Buenos Aires, under the mastership of H.L.Way.
Ellerington was then was one of numerous professional footballers (The FA
Tourists of Canada) returning to the Port of Liverpool on 30 June 1950
from Montréal, Québec. He is aboard the Empress of Canada. His address is
stated as 62 Rampart Road in Southampton. |
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Married |
to Rosalind W. Gregory [registered in
Winchester, Hampshire, September 1949]. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
3lbs [1949]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played with Sunderland schools, before
joining Sunderland AFC as an amateur. Playing with Fatfield Juniors FC as
he did. As his family returned to Southampton, Bill signed amateur
forms with Southampton FC in August 1940, signing professionally in August
1945. Before the decade had ended, Bill suffered with serious
pneumonia, but soon returned to represent England. He retired after
227 league appearances, scoring ten times, in 1961. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League (1 appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Son of Bill Ellerington, Middlesbrough FC
and Nelson FC wing-half. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
683rd player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 247, 18 May 1922, Norway 1 England 4, an
end-of-season European tour match at
Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo, aged 25 years
322 days. |
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Last match |
No. 248, 22 May 1922, France 1 England 3, an
end-of-season European tour match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, aged
25 years 326 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (1 appearance). Also part
of the FA XI Tour of USA and Canada 1950. |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Remained in Southampton following his
retirement from playing. Sadly suffered a major stroke in 2007.
- The Stroke Association |
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Bill Ellerington - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Bill Ellerington
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away
- White - Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Bill Ellerington
- Match History |
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Club: Southampton F.C. -
2 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 2
full capsx
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Age 25 |
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246 |
13 May 1949 - Sweden 3 England 1, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län |
Tour |
AL |
squad/reserve? |
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1 |
b |
14 May 1949 - Finland 0 England B 4,
Helsinki |
AW |
Start |
2 |
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1 |
247 |
18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4,
Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo |
AW |
Start |
2 |
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2 |
248 |
22 May 1949 - France 1 England 3,
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris |
AW |
Start |
2 |
Notes
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