Bill Rawlings

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Bill Rawlings
Personal information
Full name William Ernest Rawlings
Date of birth January 3, 1896(1896-01-03)
Place of birth    Andover, England
Date of death    September 25, 1972 (aged 76)
Place of death    Chandler's Ford, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Centre-forward
Youth clubs
Andover
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1919-1928
1928-1929
1929-1930
1930
1930-1933(?)
Southampton
Manchester United
Port Vale
New Milton
Newport (Isle of Wight)
Total
327 (175)
035 0(19)
005 00(2)


367 (196)   
National team
1922 England 002 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

William Ernest "Bill" Rawlings (born 3 January 1896 in Andover; died 25 September 1972) was a professional footballer, who played for Southampton. During his career with the club, which lasted ten years from 1918 to 1928, he scored 193 goals placing him third on the club's list of all-time goalscorers, behind Mick Channon and Matthew Le Tissier. In 1922 he made two appearances for the England national football team.

In March 1928, he signed for Manchester United, where he scored 19 league goals in 35 appearances, spanning three years. In November 1929, he moved to Port Vale, before moving to New Milton and Newport (Isle of Wight).

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