William Samuel Booth (7 July 1920 – 18 February 1990) was an English football player and manager who played in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Port Vale.
[1] He was unable to break into their first-team at Molineux and moved to Port Vale in the Third Division South in February 1939.
[1] After ten consecutive games for the "Valiants" in 1938–39, he was given a free transfer to league rivals Cardiff City.
[1] Don Welsh's "Seagulls" finished bottom of the Third Division South in 1947–48 and had to apply for re-election before rising to sixth place in 1948–49.
He then moved into non-League football with the newly founded Southern League club Hastings United.