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Full name
  
Ernie Willett

Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
Ernie Willett


Playing position
  
Half-back

Place of birth
  
Burslem, England

Position
  
Midfielder

Date of birth
  
(1919-07-27)27 July 1919

Date of death
  
13 February 1985(1985-02-13) (aged 65)

Place of death
  
Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Died
  
February 13, 1985, Hartshill, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Ernest Willett (27 July 1919 – 13 February 1985) was an English footballer who played one game for Port Vale in the Football League in October 1946.

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Playing career

Willett graduated through the Port Vale youth team to sign as a professional in January 1940. He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground against Macclesfield Town in a war cup match on 13 April 1946; the match finished goalless. His second game was in the Football League Third Division South on 5 October 1946, in a 3–0 loss to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at Dean Court. He was not selected again in the 1946–47 season, and he was instead transferred to Witton Albion in March 1947.

Statistics

  • Sourced from Ernie Willett profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • References

    Ernie Willett Wikipedia