Bill Walsh (footballer)

William Walsh (4 December 1923 – 28 July 2014), known as Bill or Billy Walsh, was an English footballer who made 145 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Sunderland, Northampton Town and Darlington.

[4] Walsh began his career in non-league football with Horden Colliery Welfare,[4] and made his competitive debut for Sunderland on 11 September 1946 against Charlton Athletic in a 5–0 defeat at The Valley.

[6] He spent one season each with Northampton Town and Darlington,[4] before emigrating to Australia in 1956,[2] where he played for Hakoah.

[4] Walsh was born in Horden,[6] County Durham, and died in Gold Coast, Queensland,[2] Australia.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1920s, is a stub.