Billy Harrison
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Ewart Harrison | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Wybunbury, Cheshire, England | ||
| Date of death | August 1948 (age 61) | ||
| Place of death | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hough United | |||
| Crewe South End | |||
| Willaston White Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1905–1907 | Crewe Alexandra | ? | (?) |
| 1907–1920 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 317 | (43) |
| 1920–1922 | Manchester United | 44 | (5) |
| 1922–1923 | Port Vale | 22 | (2) |
| 1923–1924 | Wrexham | 29 | (0) |
| Total | 412 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| Football League | 2 | (?) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Ewart Harrison (27 December 1886 – August 1948) was an English footballer who played at outside right.
After a spell with Crewe Alexandra, he spent 1907 to 1920 with Wolverhampton Wanderers, the FA Cup in his first season there. He was later inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. He spent 1920 to 1922 with Manchester United, and later had one-season spells with Port Vale and Wrexham.
Harrison played for Hough United, Crewe South End, Willaston White Star and Crewe Alexandra, before signing for fellow Second Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers for a £400 fee in summer 1907. His first season with the club ended in FA Cup glory, as they won the trophy after defeating Newcastle United 3–1 in the final, with Harrison scoring a fine individual goal. He remained at Molineux for nine full seasons, and 345 games in total.
During World War I he guested for Stoke. He played seven times for the Potters in 1915–16, 31 times in 1916–17, 33 times in 1917–18, and 28 times in 1918–19, scoring a total of 17 goals at the Victoria Ground. Stoke enjoyed some measure of success in the war leagues, finishing as runners-up of the Lancashire Section Secondary Competition Group D in 1916–17, champions of the Lancashire Section Primary Competition in 1917–18, and runners-up in both the Primary Competition and Group C in 1918–19. He returned to Wanderers for the 1919–20 season, as the club posted a 19th-place finish.
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