Billy Rogers (footballer) explained

Billy Rogers
Fullname:William Rogers
Birth Date:1905
Birth Place:Summerhill, Wrexham, Wales
Death Date:January 1936
Death Place:Penyffordd, Wrexham, Wales
Position:Right half
Youthyears1:1925–26
Youthclubs1:Flint Town
Years1:1926–1932
Clubs1:Wrexham
Caps1:171
Goals1:28
Years2:1932–1933
Clubs2:Newport County
Caps2:21
Goals2:3
Years3:1933
Clubs3:Bristol Rovers
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1933–1934
Clubs4:Leyton Orient
Caps4:3
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:195
Totalgoals:31
Nationalyears1:1930
Nationalteam1:Wales
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Billy Rogers (1905–1936) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 2 matches. He played his first match on 25 October 1930 against Scotland and his last match on 22 November 1930 against England.[1] [2]

Career

He played 2 matches for the Wales national football team in the British Home Championship. He played his first match on 25 October 1930 against Scotland at Ibrox Stadium, drawing 1-1, and his second on 22 November 1930 against England at Wrexham's Racecourse Stadium, losing 0-4.

He had been previously picked for the FAW's uncapped tour of Canada in 1929.[3]

He started his career as an amateur at Flint Town FC. He signed professional terms with Wrexham in 1926, and played for them from 1926 until 1931. He was a member of the FAW Welsh Cup winning side of 1931.

He subsequently played for Newport County, Bristol Rovers, and Leyton Orient (then known as Clapton Orient). He left Clapton Orient for Bangor City, a non-league team, at the end of the 1933-34 season.[4]

Later life and death

He was unknowningly diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1931, a terminal cancer, which contributed to his death in January 1936 from tuberculosis, aged 30.[5]

During the period from 1931 to 1934 he continued to play professionally unaware of his condition, with only his wife being informed. He left behind his wife, Gwennith, and a two month old son Billy.

Honours

Wrexham
  • Welsh Cup winner: 1930–31
  • See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Scotland vs Wales, 25 October 1930 . 30 April 2016 . eu-football.info . en.
    2. Web site: Wales vs England, 22 November 1930 . 30 April 2016 . eu-football.info . en.
    3. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Morrison. Neil. 4 January 2018. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 8 September 2018.
    4. Book: Kaufman, Neil. The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. The History Press. 2002. 0752424122.
    5. Book: Stead, Phil . https://books.google.com/books?id=axsvDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Billy+Rogers%22+Wrexham&pg=PT86 . Red Dragons - The Story of Welsh Football . 15 August 2013 . . 9781847716187 . 5 . Wrexham's half-back Billy Rogers would die five years later of tuberculosis, aged thirty..