Billy Glover

Billy Glover

Personal information
Full name	John William Glover[1]
Date of birth	(1896-10-29)29 October 1896
Place of birth	Blowick, Southport, England
Date of death	19 March 1962(1962-03-19) (aged 65)
Place of death	Southport, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Inside-forward
Youth career
	St Paul's
	Maple Crescent
	Blowick Working Lads
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920	Lancaster Town
1920–1923	Southport	54	(33)
1923–1926	Wigan Borough	94	(33)
1926	Southport	0	(0)
1926–1927	Mold Town
1927–1928	Burscough Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Glover (29 October 1896 – 19 March 1962) was an English footballer who played for Southport and Wigan Borough.

Born in Blowick, Southport, Glover began his professional career with his hometown club Southport, scoring 33 goals in 54 Football League appearances.^[3] before being signed by Wigan Borough in January 1923 for a fee of £1,250.^[4] He was Wigan's top scorer in the 1924–25 season, with a total of 15 goals, but broke his leg in the penultimate game of the season against Grimsby Town. He played twice during the following season, but never fully recovered from the injury, effectively ending his career at the professional level.^[4]

References

1. Billy Glover at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. "Optimists of the North. Wigan Borough". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
3. "Billy Glover". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
4. Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League : A Complete Record and Who's Who, 1921-31. Nottingham: Tony Brown. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.