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William Garbutt

William Garbutt
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Personal information
Full name William Thomas Garbutt
Date of birth (1883-01-09)9 January 1883
Place of birth Hazel Grove, Cheshire, England
Date of death 24 February 1964(1964-02-24) (aged 81)
Place of death Warwick, England
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1906 Reading
1906–1908 Woolwich Arsenal 52 (8)
1908–1911 Blackburn Rovers 82 (10)
1911–1912 Woolwich Arsenal 0 (0)
Teams managed
1912–1927 Genoa
1927–1929 Roma
1929–1935 Napoli
1935–1937 Athletic Bilbao
1937 A.C. Milan
1937–1940 Genoa
1946–1948 Genoa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William Thomas Garbutt (9 January 1883 – 24 February 1964) born in Hazel Grove, , most commonly known as Willy Garbutt, was an English football player, and later a prominent coaching figure in Italian and Spanish football after his retirement. Although his achievements are not widely known in his home country, Garbutt was the model for professional managers in Italy.

Garbutt laid the foundations of skilled coaching in Italian football; winning three league championships with Genoa, he also managed Napoli for a period and was the first ever manager of Roma. Garbutt also had success in Spain where he coached Atletico Bilbao to victory in La Liga.

Garbutt was born, the son of a carpenter in a small village near . His family was large, sharing his home with his parents, grandmother, six older sisters and a younger brother. Joining the army at a young age, the young William Garbutt first played football there for the Royal Artillery.

After returning from duties, he began his club football playing career with Reading during the 1903 season and played for them in the Southern League, before leaving in December 1905.

The young winger moved to join Woolwich Arsenal for two seasons, and made his debut in a First Division match away to Preston North End on 23 December 1905, which finished 2–2. He made 80 appearances for the London club in three years, including 52 in the League, despite injuries ruling him out of much of the 1906–07 season. He was part of the Arsenal side that reached two FA Cup semi-finals in successive seasons; however he was eventually displaced by Jackie Mordue and after spending much of 1907–08 in the reserves he left for Blackburn Rovers in May 1908.


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