Billy Townley
William Townley in his earlier years
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 14 February 1866 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 May 1950 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward (left-winger) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Blackburn Olympic | |||
| 1888–1894 | Blackburn Rovers | 97 | (37) |
| 1894–1896 | Darwen | 42 | (15) |
| 1896–1897 | Manchester City | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1889–1890 | England | 2 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| –1909 | Deutscher FC Prag | ||
| 1909–1911 | Karlsruher FV | ||
| 1911–1913 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1914 | FC Bayern Munich | ||
| 1914 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1914 | FC Bayern Munich | ||
| 1919–1921 | FC Bayern Munich | ||
| 1920 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 1921 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | ||
| –1923 | SC Victoria Hamburg | ||
| 1923–1925 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 1924 | Netherlands | ||
| 1926–1927 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| FSV Frankfurt | |||
| 1930–1932 | SpVgg Fürth | ||
| 1932 | Eintracht Hannover | ||
| Arminia Hannover | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William "Billy" Townley, born in Blackburn 14 February 1866, died 30 May 1950 in Blackpool, England, was an English Football player and coach.
He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Germany, leading Karlsruher FV and SpVgg Fürth to three German championships, and as a journeyman coach on the continent.
Townley's career as a player began with Blackburn Olympic F.C. He joined Blackburn Rovers in 1886 and won the FA Cup with the club in 1890 and 1891. In the first of these title appearances against The Wednesday, the outside left made history by contributing three goals in a 6–1 victory, earning the distinction of becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final. He scored another goal in the successful defence of the title as the Rovers overcame Notts County 3–1 the following year. Townley's total of four goals in FA Cup finals has to date only been bettered once, by Liverpool's Ian Rush, who scored five goals in three finals appearances in the 1980s.
Townley was capped twice for England, in 1889 and 1890, scoring two goals in the second of those matches, which was a 9–1 victory over Ireland. In 1894 he moved to Darwen and played there for six years before joining Manchester City, where his playing career ended after he suffered a serious head injury.
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