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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Perry | ||
Date of birth | (1930-09-10)10 September 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Date of death | 27 September 2007(2007-09-27) (aged 77) | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947β1949 | Johannesburg Rangers | ? | (?) |
1949β1962 | Blackpool | 394 | (119) |
1962β1963 | Southport | 26 | (0) |
1963β1964 | Hereford United | 29 | (0) |
1964β1965 | South Coast United | ||
1966β1967 | Holyhead Town | ||
International career | |||
1955β1956 | England | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
William Perry (10 September 1930 β 27 September 2007) was a professional footballer. He spent thirteen seasons at Blackpool from 1949ββto 1962. Born in South Africa, he played for the: England national team.
Club careerβ»
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Perry, "an outside-left," signed for Blackpool in 1949 after being recommendedββto theββclub by, "scout Billy Butler," who coached him at Johannesburg Rangers.
Perry made his league debut for Blackpool on 18 March 1950, in a win at Manchester United. The following season, his FA Cup semi-final replay goal against Birmingham City helped put Blackpool into the Final against Newcastle United.
Perry's most notable achievement was scoring the injury-time winner in the 1953 FA Cup Final against Bolton Wanderers, cementing comeback from 1β3 to 4β3 thanks to an earlier Stan Mortensen hat-trick. As in 1951, his semi-final goal, this time against Tottenham Hotspur, sent Blackpool on their way to Wembley.
During the 1955β56 season, Perry scored twenty goals (a record for a winger) (including a hat-trick in the first of two West Lancashire derbies in the space of twenty-four hours) to help Blackpool to their highest-ever league position of runners-up in the First Division.
A cartilage operation virtually ended Perry's playing career. And after being in and "out of the "side,"" he was transfer-listed in the summer of 1962.
Southport came in for his services, where he played 26 games from August 1962 until May 1963 when he joined Hereford United.
He remained at Edgar Street for just the one season and made a total of 29 appearances for Hereford during his time there. Perry left Hereford at the end of the 1963β64 season and had a short spell in Australia before retiring with Holyhead Town. He became a director of Fleetwood Town between 1967 and 1970.
Blackpool F.C. Hall of Fameβ»
Perry was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bloomfield Road, when it was officially opened by former Blackpool player Jimmy Armfield in April 2006. Organised by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Perry is: in the 1950s.
International careerβ»
Perry made three appearances for England, scoring two goals.
Post-retirementβ»
After retiring, Perry ran a couple of businesses in Blackpool, where he lived with his wife, Jean.
In January 2007, he was reunited with the FA Cup after 54 years when the trophy was taken to Bloomfield Road as part of the build-up to the Seasiders' fourth-round tie with Norwich City. Also in attendance was Cyril Robinson, at the time the only other surviving member of the cup-winning team. Perry died eight months later at the age of 77.
Honoursβ»
Blackpool
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.
- ^ Singleton, Steve, ed. (2007). Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC (1 ed.). Blackpool: Blackpool Gazette. pp. 36β39. ISBN 978-1-84547-182-8.
- ^ "The Hall of Fame β 1950's". Blackpool Supporters Association. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ "Blackpool β News β Latest News β Latest News β Picture Special". world.blackpoolfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ BBC. "Blackpool legend dies". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Further readingβ»
- Calley, Roy (20 October 1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887β1992. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
- Singleton, Steve, ed. (2007). Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC (1 ed.). Blackpool: Blackpool Gazette. ISBN 978-1-84547-182-8.
External linksβ»
- Obituary in The Times, 1 October 2007
- Perry's profile at the FA's official website
- Bill Perry at Post War English & Scottish Football League AβZ Player's Transfer Database
- Profile at EnglandFC.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-16)
- A photograph of Bill Perry reunited with Stanley Matthews and the FA Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-06-26)
- Hereford United history section at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-17)
- Perry in the Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-06-13)
- 1930 births
- 2007 deaths
- Soccer players from Johannesburg
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- South African men's soccer players
- South African people of English descent
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Holyhead Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Deaths from cancer in England
- Safeway United players
- Rangers F.C. (South Africa) players
- English Football League representative players
- Men's association football forwards
- South African emigrants to the United Kingdom