Billy McAdams

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William "Billy" John McAdams (January 20, 1934 – October 2002) was a Northern Irish footballer.

He was born in Belfast and died in Barrow-in-Furness.

McAdams played in the inside forward position. He played for Manchester City between 1953 and 1959 making 127 appearances and scoring 61 goals.

He then signed for Bolton Wanderers who hoped he could be successor to Nat Lofthouse. In his first season with the team he scored 18 goals in 27 appearances. He was also a prolific scorer in the lower divisions of English football. He also won 15 caps for Northern Ireland national football team scoring 7 goals in the process.

McAdams finished his full-time professional career with Barrow A.F.C., whom he assisted to gain promotion from Division Four at the end of the 1966-67 season, the first of his two seasons at Holker Street.