Bill Townsend (footballer)

Bill Townsend
Personal information
Full name William Townsend
Date of birth (1922-12-27)27 December 1922
Place of birth Bedworth, England
Date of death 21 December 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 65)
Place of death Thornton-Cleveleys, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Nuneaton Borough
1939–1942 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1953 Derby County 79 (0)
1953–1957 Burton Albion
1957–1959 Banbury Spencer
1959–1960 Burton Albion
Managerial career
1959–1960 Burton Albion (player-manager)
1960–1962 Burton Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Townsend (27 December 1922 – 21 December 1988) was an English football player and manager. A goalkeeper he played for Nuneaton Borough, before moving to Derby County as a wartime guest, then becoming a professional player, he would then end his career at Burton Albion and Banbury Spencer. He would later return to Burton Albion as a player and later manager.