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Willie Wragg
English footballer
William Arthur Wragg[1] (1875 – after 1904) was an English professional footballer who made 119 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Leicester Fosse, Small Heath and Chesterfield Town.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Arthur Wragg | ||
| Date of birth | 1875 | ||
| Place of birth | Radford, England | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half / Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Notts Olympic | |||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield | |||
| Newstead Byron | |||
| – | Hucknall Portland | ||
| 1896–1899 | Nottingham Forest | 48 | (1) |
| 1899–1901 | Leicester Fosse | 50 | (4) |
| 1901 | Small Heath | 1 | (0) |
| 1901–1902 | Watford | ||
| 1902–1903 | Hinckley Town | ||
| 1903–1904 | Chesterfield Town | 20 | (0) |
| Accrington Stanley | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | |||
| 1905–1906 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wragg was born in Radford, Nottinghamshire.
He played local football before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1896. Wragg made his debut on 28 November 1896 at home against Liverpool.[3] In the early part of his career he played at wing half, and from this position he created Forest's first goal in the 1898 FA Cup Final.[4] From his free kick from the left near the by-line, the ball came to Arthur Capes who shot through a crowd of defenders. Wragg later aggravated a first-half injury and had to move out to the wing, unable to take much further part in the game.[5] He made 58 appearances in all competitions for Forest.[1] He scored his only goal for Nottingham Forest on 2 October 1897 in the 1–1 draw at home against Sunderland.[3]
After three years he joined Leicester Fosse, where he spent two seasons, made 50 appearances in the Second Division playing at full back, and became the club's free kick specialist.[2][4]
A move to Small Heath brought him just the one first-team appearance because of the form of George Adey. In August 1901 he joined Southern League club Watford, and a year later moved to Hinckley Town of the Midland League.[4] He returned to the Football League to play 20 Second Division games for Chesterfield Town, and then went back to non-league football with Accrington Stanley, Doncaster Rovers[2] and Brighton & Hove Albion.[6]
Wragg appeared on stage with Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin.[7]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nottingham Forest[3] | 1896-97 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1897-98 | First Division | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 1898-99 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Leicester Fosse'[8] | 1898-99 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1899–1900 | Second Division | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 1900-01 | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
| Small Heath | 1900-01 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield Town | 1903-04 | Second Division | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Career total | 119 | 5 | ||||||
- Nottingham Forest
- "Player Profile William Arthur Wragg". u-reds.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 288. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- Stephen Byrne, Mike Jay (15 August 2014). Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History. Amberley Publishing Limited.
- "Billy Wragg". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 5 August 2020.