Bill Rigby (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Rigby | ||
Date of birth | 9 June 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Chester, England | ||
Date of death | 1 June 2010 | (aged 88)||
Place of death | Greasby, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Chester | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1947 | Chester | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Rigby (9 June 1921 – 1 June 2010) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Chester.[1]
A product of the youth system at his hometown club of Chester,[2] Rigby made his only peacetime first-team appearance for the club in their first post-war match in The Football League in a 4–4 draw at York City on 31 August 1946. After this he was not selected again, with goalkeeping duties being passed on to George Scales and Jimmy MacLaren.[3]
Earlier he had made appearances for the first-team during the war years, mainly during 1940–41 and 1941–42 while understudy to Bill Shortt.[4]
Bibliography
- Sumner, Chas (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-52-0.
References
- ^ "Bill Rigby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Sumner (1997), p 142
- ^ Sumner (1997), stats section (46-47)
- ^ Sumner (1997), stats section (war years)
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- 1921 births
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- Footballers from Chester
- English Football League players
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- English men's footballers
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