Billy Crook (English footballer)

William Charles Crook (7 June 1926 – 29 May 2011) was an English footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won the 1949 FA Cup.

Crook first joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1940 aged 14, eventually signed professional forms three years later.

He made his debut in a League War Cup tie on 10 January 1942 against Blackpool, en route to lifting the trophy.

He spent two seasons in the Third Division with the Saddlers then dropped into the non-league with Wellington Town before retiring in 1960 aged 34.

After giving up the game, he worked as a structural draughtsman for an engineering company in Darlaston, a role he had already held part-time during his playing days.