Bill Glasper

William H. Glasper (q4 1910 – q3 1965) was an English footballer who played at left half or inside right in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers and Darlington. He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday without representing them in the league, and played for Northern League club South Bank and Midland League club Mexborough Athletic.

Life and career Glasper was born in 1910 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, He had played at left half for South Bank, but Wednesday thought of him as a forward,

He signed for Tranmere Rovers in 1933, and made 18 appearances in the Third Division during two years with the club. He appeared more regularly in other competitions. He scored Tranmere's equaliser in the 1934 Welsh Cup Final against Bristol City, played on the losing side in the replay, and scored twice in a 6–1 defeat of Southport in the 1935 Northern Section Cup. His only Third Division goal came in a 4–1 win against Darlington in March 1935, and he joined that club at the end of the season. Although he played mainly for the reserves, he was retained for a second season, and finished his Darlington career with eight Third Division appearances without scoring. which includes such towns as Eston, Guisborough, Redcar, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm. |name=deathcert