Will Devey

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Will Devey
Personal information
Full name	William Devey
Date of birth	12 April 1865
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	10 June 1935  (aged 70)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Centre-forward
Youth clubs
	Clarendon Montrose Wellington Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1884–1885 1885–1891 1891–1892 1892–1894 1894–1895 1895–1896 1896–1897 1897 1897–1898 1898 1898 1898–1899	Aston Unity Small Heath Wolverhampton Wanderers Aston Villa Walsall Town Swifts Burton Wanderers Notts County Walsall Burton Wanderers Walsall Darlaston Small Heath	40 (35) 41 (17) 10 0(2) 21 0(7) 22 0(7) 14 0(3) 11 0(6) 00 0(0) 02 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William 'Will' Devey (born 12 April 1865 in Perry Barr, Birmingham, died 10 June 1935 in Birmingham) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward for Small Heath (renamed from Small Heath Aliiance in 1888) in the Football Alliance and for a variety of Midlands clubs in the Football League and outside it.

He was Small Heath Alliance's leading scorer for their first two seasons in the Football Alliance (1889–90 and 1890–91) before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers where he became their leading scorer in the next Football League season.

He was one of five brothers who all played professional football, Ted for Small Heath and Jack, Harry and Bob for Aston Villa.

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

Persondata
NAME	Devey, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1865-04-12
PLACE OF BIRTH	Perry Barr, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH	1935-06-10
PLACE OF DEATH	Birmingham, England