David Willis (English footballer)
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Full name
David Lalty Willis[1]
Date of birth
16 July 1881
Place of birth
Byker, England
Date of death
26 May 1949 (aged 67)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Lalty Willis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Byker, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 May 1949 (aged 67)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Gateshead NER | |||
| 1902–? | Sunderland | 1 | (0) |
| ?–1904 | Reading | ||
| 1904–1906 | Sunderland | 47 | (2) |
| 1907–1913 | Newcastle United | 95 | (3) |
| Reading | |||
| Palmer's | |||
| Total | 143 | (5) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Lalty Willis (16 July 1881 – 26 May 1949) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Newcastle United and Sunderland.[1][2][3][4]
Willis served as a private in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[5]
