Billy Shepherd (footballer)

Billy Shepherd
Personal information
Full name	John William Veitch Shepherd
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Harton, England
Date of death	1936 (aged 41–42)
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Harton Colliery
	Jarrow
	Newcastle Swifts
	Jarrow
1921–1923	Ashington
1923	Luton Town
	Workington
	West Stanley
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Veitch Shepherd (1894–1936) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Ashington and Luton Town.^[1]

Personal life

Shepherd served in the British Army during the First World War.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Luton Town	1923–24^[4]	Third Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			3	0	0	0	3	0

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 263. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ "Third Division. Northern Section. Ashington". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
^ "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "Billy Shepherd". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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