Bill Pepper

William George Pepper (1895 – 25 October 1918) was an English professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.[1]

Bill Pepper
Personal information
Full name William George Pepper[1]
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Faversham, England
Date of death 25 October 1918 (aged 22–23)[2]
Place of death Ottoman Iraq
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sheppey United
1913 Leicester Fosse 1 (0)
1913 Gillingham 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Pepper enlisted in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) during the First World War.[3] He spent time with the regiment in India before being deployed to the Middle Eastern theatre in December 1917.[3] Pepper was serving as an acting lance corporal when he was killed in Iraq during the Battle of Sharqat on 25 October 1918.[3][4] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1912–13[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gillingham 1913–14[6] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0
gollark: I'm autorefreshing the most hatched one now.
gollark: I wonder if autorefreshing the new releases would make them hatch faster.
gollark: I'm not sure whether I should stick the "current" ones in with my xenowyrm group or not.
gollark: I got rid of a CB rift wyrm to get the current one, but it's probably worth it.
gollark: I seem to have just managed to grab one of the current ones. Who knows what'll happen to it.

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 229. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 19". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. "William George Pepper | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. "Bill Pepper | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. "Gillingham FC Career Details". Retrieved 26 May 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.