William_Ashurst_(footballer)

Bill Ashurst (footballer)

Bill Ashurst (footballer)

English footballer

William Ashurst (4 May 1894 – 26 January 1947) was an English professional footballer who made 200 appearances in the Football League for Notts County as a right back.[1] He was capped by England at international level and represented the Football League XI.[3] Ashurst also played league football for Lincoln City and West Bromwich Albion.[1][4]

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Personal life

Ashurst's younger brother Eli also became a footballer.[5] During the First World War, Ashurst served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and as a private in the Tank Corps.[6]

Career statistics

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Honours

Notts County

References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
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    "William Ashurst". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
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    "England Players – Bill Ashurst". englandfootballonline. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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    "Bill Ashurst". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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    "Ashurst Bill Notts County 1925". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. [6]
    Bill Ashurst on Lives of the First World War
  7. [7]
    "Notts County FC in the 1920's". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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