Billy Elliott (footballer)

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Billy Elliott
Personal information
Full name	William Henry Elliott
Date of birth	March 20, 1925(1925-03-20)
Place of birth	Bradford, England
Date of death	January 21, 2008 (aged 82)
Place of death	Sunderland, England
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1939-1942	Bradford Park Avenue
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1942-1951 1951-1953 1953-1959 1959-1961	Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Sunderland Wisbech Town	176 (21) 074 (14) 212 (26) 00? (?)
National team
1952-1953	England	005 (0)
Teams managed
1961-1963 1966-1968 1972 1974-1978 1978-1979 1979-1983	Libya Daring FC Sunderland (caretaker) Brann Sunderland (caretaker) Darlington
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Henry Elliott (March 20, 1925 – January 21, 2008) born in Bradford he was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played five times for the England national side.

Contents 1 Sporting career 1.1 Playing career 1.2 Coaching and managerial career 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Sporting career

[edit] Playing career

Billy Elliott, a left winger, began his career with Bradford Park Avenue, joining as an amateur in 1939 and turning professional in March 1942. He scored 21 times in 176 league games for Bradford before a £23,000 move to Burnley in August 1951. He made his debut for England on May 18, 1952 in a 1-1 draw with Italy in Florence, also playing in the 3-2 win against Austria in Vienna a week later. The following season he played the games against Northern Ireland, Wales and Belgium.

In June 1953, after fourteen goals in 74 league games for Burnley, Elliott moved to Sunderland in June 1953, costing £26,000. He played 212 games and scored 26 goals, in a six year spell at the club, leaving in July 1959 to join Wisbech Town.

[edit] Coaching and managerial career

Elliott was manager of the Libya national side between October 1961 and 1963 when he returned to the UK and scouted for Sheffield Wednesday. In 1964 he moved to Germany to coach the US Forces teams, a post he held until July 1966 when he was appointed manager of Belgian side Daring FC. On leaving Daring in January 1968 he returned to Sunderland, as coach. Elliott was caretaker manager of Sunderland for four games in 1972 after the sacking of Alan Brown, remaining on the coaching staff under new manager Bob Stokoe until June 1973, leaving after Sunderland had won the FA Cup.

He coached Norwegian side Brann between 1974 and 1978 and in December 1978 returned to Sunderland as caretaker-manager for a second time. He remained in charge until the end of the season, almost guiding Sunderland to promotion. The board decided that they wanted a younger man in charge, however, and sacked Elliott in favour of coach Ken Knighton.

In June 1979 he took over as manager of Darlington, where he remained until June 1983.

He died on January 21, 2008, aged 82.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Billy Elliott England profile at Englandstats
• Billy Elliott management career stats at Soccerbase

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