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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John William Westwood | ||
| Date of birth | 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Date of death | 1917 (aged 30–31) | ||
| Place of death | France | ||
| Position(s) | Outside half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 000?–1904 | Rotherham Town | ||
| 1904–1905 | Gainsborough Trinity | 40 | (2) |
| 1905–1909 | Denaby United | ||
| 1909–1915 | Bristol Rovers | 98 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John William "Bill" Westwood (1886–1917) was a professional footballer, who played for Rotherham Town, Mexborough Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Denaby United and Bristol Rovers.
He played 98 times in the Southern League for Bristol Rovers before the First World War, until breaking his leg after which he returned to Mexborough where he had played previously.
He enlisted after the end of the 1914-15 season and was killed in action in France in the First World War, while serving as a corporal in the York and Lancaster Regiment. At the time of death his home was reportedly at Denaby Main near Mexborough.
References
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 276. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. p. 493. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
- ^ "Mexboro' Footballer Killed". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 19 May 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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- 1886 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Sheffield
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- Denaby United F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Rotherham Town F.C. (1899) players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs