Billy Beats
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Beats as a Bristol Rovers player in 1905. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Edwin Beats | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1871 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 April 1936 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Reading, Berkshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Hill Victoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891–1895 | Burslem Port Vale | 77 | (25) |
| 1895–1903 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 199 | (67) |
| 1903–1906 | Bristol Rovers | 94 | (44) |
| 1906–1907 | Burslem Port Vale | 33 | (13) |
| 1907–1911 | Reading | ||
| Total | 403+ | (149+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1901–1902 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Football League | 5 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Edwin Beats (13 November 1871 – 13 April 1936) was an England international footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 150 goals in 403 league games in a 16-year career from 1891 to 1907.
He began his career with Burslem Port Vale in 1891 and played in the inaugural season of the Second Division. He was sold on to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80 in June 1895 and went on to pick up an FA Cup runners-up medal after playing in the 1896 FA Cup final. Whilst with the club, he won two England caps. He moved on to Bristol Rovers in 1903 and helped the club to the Southern League title in 1904–05. He returned to Port Vale in August 1906 before joining Reading the following year.