| Bill Pepper | |
| Fullname: | William George Pepper |
| Birth Date: | 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Faversham, England |
| Death Date: | 25 |
| Death Place: | north of Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Clubs1: | Sheppey United |
| Years2: | 1913 |
| Clubs2: | Leicester Fosse |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1913 |
| Clubs3: | Gillingham |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
William George Pepper (1895 – 25 October 1918) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse as a goalkeeper.[1]
Pepper enlisted in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) during the First World War.[2] He spent time with the regiment in India before being deployed to the Middle Eastern theatre in December 1917. Pepper was serving as an acting lance corporal when he was killed in Iraq during the Battle of Sharqat on 25 October 1918.[3] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leicester Fosse | 1912–13[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gillingham | 1913–14[5] | Southern League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||