Bill Adams
Personal information
Full name	William Adams
Date of birth	3 November 1902(1902-11-03)
Place of birth	Tynemouth, England
Date of death	15 March 1963 (aged 60)
Place of death	Southampton, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Half back
Youth career
	Sunderland Colliery
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1925–1926 1926–1936 1936–1937 1937	Guildford United Southampton West Ham United Southend United	196 0(3) 003 0(1) 013 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Adams (born 3 November 1902 in Tynemouth, died 15 March 1963) was an English footballer who played for Southampton, West Ham United and Southend United.

Bill Adams, a right half, began his footballing career with Sunderland Colliery and then Guildford United. He made his debut for Southampton on 27 August 1927, but waited over three years for his next first team appearance. Once he had achieved a settled place in the side, he soon displayed a whole-hearted attitude and went on to become club captain in the 1931-32 season, and totalled 205 league and cup appearances.

Adams joined West Ham in 1936 for a fee of £500, and scored on his debut against his old club in a 2-0 victory at The Dell on 21 November 1936. He did not stay in East London long, however, and after three league appearances transferred to Southend United in January 1937. He retired later that year to run the Half Way Inn at Chandler's Ford, where he remained for 26 years.

[edit] References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3. 
• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 15. ISBN 1 903135 50 8. 

[edit] External links

• William Adams, westhamstats.info, last accessed 11 February 2007

Persondata
NAME	Adams, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adams, Bill
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	3 November 1902(1902-11-03)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tynemouth , England
DATE OF DEATH	2004-11-17
PLACE OF DEATH	Southampton , England

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