Walter William Cobb (29 September 1940 – 27 July 2021), known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City.
[3] He went on to play for Boston United in the Northern Premier League.
[4] Cobb was the scorer of Nottingham Forest's first goal in European football, in a 5–1 defeat to Valencia in the 1961–62 Fairs Cup.
[5] He scored a hat-trick on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of Luton Town.
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