Billy Lewis (footballer)

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Billy Lewis (born 1864, Bangor, Gwynedd; died 1935) was a Welsh international footballer in the late 19th Century.

He played for clubs including Bangor City, Everton, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City and Manchester City. Lewis scored 12 goals for Wales in 27 international appearances.

Thanks to being awarded 13 caps between 1892 and 1898 while in his two spells with Chester, Lewis was the club's most capped player for more than 100 years. His record was finally broken when Angus Eve was capped 35 times for Trinidad & Tobago between January 2000 and June 2001. However, many of those were gained while out on loan with Joe Public in Trinidad, after he had played his last game for Chester. Lewis is comfortably the most capped Chester player with the four home nations.

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• Sumner, Chas (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-52-6.