| Billy Pease | |
| Fullname: | Willie Pease[1] |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, England |
| Death Place: | Redcar, England |
| Height: | 5 ft 9+1/2 in |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Youthclubs1: | Holbeck St. Barnabas |
| Years1: | 1918–1919 |
| Clubs1: | Leeds City |
| Caps1: | 0[2] |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1919–1926 |
| Clubs2: | Northampton Town |
| Caps2: | 278 |
| Goals2: | 46 |
| Years3: | 1926–1933 |
| Clubs3: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps3: | 222 |
| Goals3: | 99 |
| Years4: | 1933–1935 |
| Clubs4: | Luton Town |
| Caps4: | 33 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1927 |
| Nationalteam1: | England |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Willie Pease (30 September 1899 – 2 October 1955) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right.
He played in the Football League for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough and Luton Town.[3] [2]
Willie Pease was born on 30 September 1899 in Leeds.[1] His birth name has been mis-reported as William Harold Pease.[1] He was the second of five children.[1]
Pease began his career with Holbeck St. Barnabas before joining the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during World War I.[1] He signed for Leeds City as an amateur, being sold to Northampton Town (again as an amateur) in October 1919.[1] He moved to Middlesbrough in May 1926, and to Luton Town in June 1933.[1] A role as player-manager of Gateshead in December 1934 and a later role with Hartlepools United both fell through, and he retired in January 1935.[1]
Pease earned one international cap for England in 1927.[1]
Pease was married with three sons.[1] After retiring as a player he entered the licensing trade; in 1939 he was the manager of a hotel in Middlesbrough, and in 1940 he was managing a hotel in Stokesley.[1] He later ran a bed & breakfast in Redcar, where he died on 2 October 1955, aged 56, from a brain hemorrhage.[1]