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Billy
Elliott |
Burnley FC
5 caps, 3 goals
P 5 W 3 D 2 L 0 F
13:
A
4
80% successful
1952
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Henry Elliott |
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Born |
20 March 1925 in
Bradford, Yorkshire [registered in
Bradford, March 1925].
Attended Thornbury Boys School and
Lepage Street School, Bradford |
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Died |
21 January 2008
in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, aged
82 years 307 days. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 10st.
7lbs [1951]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy and junior football and his hometown of Bradford. Joined
Bradford (Park Avenue) FC as an amateur in 1939/40, turning professional
in March 1942 (176 league appearances, 21 goals).
Burnley FC signed Elliott in August 1951 for £23,000 (74 league
appearances, 14 goals). Sunderland AFC spent £26,000 for his
services in June 1953 (212 league appearances, 26 goals),
before ending his playing career with Wisbech Town FC from July 1959 to
1961. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(4 appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Managerial Career |
|
Club(s) |
After
hanging up his playing boots, Elliott became the national coach of Libya
from 1961 to 1963. He returned to Yorkshire to become a scout for
sheffield Wednesday FC between 1963 and 1964. After which, he was in
Germany from 1964, firstly being a coach for the US forces based there,
until 1966. He then became the trainer of Royal Daring Club de Bruxelles,
from July 1966. His coaching was used by Sunderland AFC from January
1968 until June 1973. He went on to coach Brann FK of Norway from 1974 to
1978, before returning to Sunderland AFC as a caretaker manager from
December 1978 until May 1979. He left Roker Park and became manager
of Darlington FC from June 1979 until June 1983. |
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Club honours |
Norwegian
Football League runners-up 1974-75, Norwegian Cup winner
1975-76, runner-up 1977-78; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
716th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 270, 18 May 1952, England 1 Italy 1, an
end-of-season European tour match at Stadio
Comunale di Firenze, Firenze, aged
27 years
59 days. |
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Last match |
No. 275, 26 November 1952, England 5 Belgium
0, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, aged 27 years 251 days.
 |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1952-53 |
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Team honours |
British
Championships (shared) 1952-53 |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Garnered a rich cosmopolitan variety
of coaching and managerial appointments after giving up playing. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.95. |
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Billy Elliott - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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6 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
450 |
3 |
150
min |
1 |
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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Billy Elliott
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.60 |
0.80 |
80.0 |
+3 |
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Billy Elliott
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.333 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.60 |
0.80 |
80.0 |
+3 |
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Billy Elliott
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC
1952-53 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Billy Elliott
- Match History |
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Club: Burnley F.C. -
5 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 5
full capsx
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Age 27 |
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1 |
270 |
18 May 1952 - Italy 1 England 1, Stadio
Comunale di Firenze, Firenze |
Fr |
AD |
Start |
11 |
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2 |
271 |
25 May 1952 - Austria 2 England 3,
Praterstadion, Wien |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
11 |
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- |
272 |
28 May 1952 - Switzerland 0 England 3, Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich |
Fr |
AW |
squad/reserve |
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3 |
273 |
4 October 1952 - Ireland 2 England 2,
Windsor
Park, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
Start
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11 |
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4 |
274 |
12 November 1952 - England 5 Wales 2,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
Start |
11 |
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5 |
275 |
26 November 1952 - England 5 Belgium 0,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
Start
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11 |
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