Billy Herd | |
Fullname: | William Herd |
Birth Place: | Scotland |
Position: | Left half |
Years1: | 1919–1921 |
Years2: | 1921–1922 |
Years3: | 1922–1923 |
Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Years5: | 1924–1925 |
Years6: | 1925– |
Years7: | –1929 |
Caps2: | 21 |
Caps3: | 18 |
Caps4: | 24 |
Caps5: | 34 |
Caps6: | 30 |
Caps7: | 90 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Goals5: | 4 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Goals7: | 6 |
Nationalyears1: | 1925 |
Nationalteam1: | United States |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
William "Billy" or "Willie" Herd was a soccer player who played as a left half. Born in Scotland, he earned one cap with the United States national team. He also played eight seasons in the American Soccer League.
In 1919, Herd began his professional career with Lochgelly United when it was reconstituted following World War I. At the time, Lochgelly United competed in the Scottish Northern and Central Leagues. In 1921, he moved to the United States where he signed with the New York Field Club of the American Soccer League season.https://www.nytimes.com/1921/11/14/archives/todd-loses-lead-in-soccer-league-new-york-eleven-defeats-national.html He moved to Paterson F.C. for the 1922–23 season.https://www.nytimes.com/1922/12/04/archives/new-york-soccer-team-victorious-upsets-paterson-eleven-by-a-score.html Paterson won the 1923 National Challenge Cup over St. Louis Scullin Steel.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usacuphist.html In 1923, he returned to New York F.C.https://web.archive.org/web/20091027102446/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl092223.html When New York folded following the end of the season, Herd moved to Indiana Flooring for the 1924–25 season.https://web.archive.org/web/20091026161749/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl121924.html In 1925, he moved to the Brooklyn Wanderers, again spending only one season with the team.https://web.archive.org/web/20091021154756/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl100525b.html In 1926, he moved to the New York Giants, and remained with the Giants until they were expelled by the ASL during the 1928–29 season. He remained with them when they moved to the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[1]
Herd earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 6–1 win over Canada on 11 November 1925.[2]