About Billy Kirsopp
Lived 1892 – 1978 (aged 86). Billy Kirsopp was a military personnel and association football player.
William Henry James Kirsopp (21 April 1892 – 21 April 1978) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Everton, Bury, New Brighton and Grimsby Town as an inside right.
Personal life Kirsopp worked as a dock labourer for Cunard Line in Liverpool. In February 1916, 18 months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Kirsopp enlisted for short service in the Scots Guards Reserve. He was mobilised in January 1917 and posted to the Western Front in February 1918, where he was promoted to lance corporal. Birkenhead Borough Hospital Cup: 1914–15
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(1892-1978)
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Billy Kirsopp was born on 21 April 1892 in Liverpool.
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Billy Kirsopp died on 21 April 1978 in Liverpool.
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Billy Kirsopp was a military personnel and association football player.
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