About Bill Brelsford
Lived 1885 – 1954 (aged 68–69). Bill Brelsford was a British association football player.
William Henry Brelsford (1885 – 25 March 1954), known as Bill or Beau Brelsford, was an English footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield United. He was a hardworking player and could play as a right half or centre half.
Club career Bill Brelsford came from a footballing family, two brothers playing for Sheffield Wednesday, but he made his league début with Doncaster Rovers. In 1910 he transferred back to his home town Sheffield but he did not join his brothers at Wednesday, joining cross-city rivals Sheffield United instead. He was a member of the Blades team who won the FA Cup final in 1915
After a lengthy career at Bramall Lane he had a brief spell at Torquay United before returning to Sheffield where he became assistant trainer at his former club, eventually rising to first team trainer between 1932 and 1935.
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Who was Bill Brelsford?
English footballer (1885-1954)
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Bill Brelsford was born in 1885 in Sheffield.
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Bill Brelsford died on 25 March 1954 in Sheffield.
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Bill Brelsford was an association football player.
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Bill Brelsford was British.
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