Football Career
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willie Watson | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-03-07)7 March 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton on Dearne, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 April 2004(2004-04-24) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1938–1939 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | (0) |
| 1946–1954 | Sunderland | 211 | (15) |
| 1954–1956 | Halifax Town | 33 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1949–1950 | England | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1954–1956 | Halifax Town | ||
| 1964–1966 | Halifax Town | ||
| 1966–1968 | Bradford City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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As a footballer, Watson was a cultured wing-half for Huddersfield Town, Sunderland and Halifax Town. He made 211 league appearances for Sunderland, in his seven seasons at the club. He played for England four times, gaining his first cap in England's 9-2 victory over Northern Ireland in November 1949. He was a member of the squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, though he did not appear in any of the games in the tournament in Brazil. He had two spells in charge of Halifax, from 1954 to 1956 and later from 1964 to 1966, and also managed Bradford City from 1966 to 1968, where he laid the foundations of a promotion-winning team, but his biggest successes were in cricket.
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