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Bert Williams

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Bert Williams
Personal information
Full name Bert Frederick Williams MBE
Date of birth (1920-01-31)31 January 1920
Place of birth Bradley, Staffordshire, England
Date of death 19 January 2014(2014-01-19) (aged 93)
Place of death Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Bilston
Thompson's FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1945 Walsall 25 (0)
1945–1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 (0)
National team
1949 England B 1 (0)
1949–1955 England 30 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bert Frederick Williams MBE (31 January 1920 – 19 January 2014) was an English international football goalkeeper. Nicknamed "The Cat", he spent the majority of his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers where he won the League Championship and FA Cup. At the time of his death Williams was the oldest living England international.[1]

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