William Charles Roost (22 March 1924 – 10 February 2013) was a professional footballer who played as an inside forward in The Football League for Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town.
[1] Roost's footballing career had a late start, due to the Second World War, eventually making his League debut in 1948 at the age of 24.
He was awarded his first professional contract after less than two weeks in Bristol, signing on 23 September.
After making 177 League appearances for Rovers and scoring 49 goals he moved to Swindon Town in 1957, but he played just eighteen League games for them in two years and scored only three goals, all coming in a single game against Shrewsbury Town in December 1957.
Following his retirement from football he worked as a foreman in a scaffolding yard, and lived in the Whitehall area of Bristol.