Professional Footballer Query - For Gadget

[queenholly]

I'm trying to find out some more information about my Great Grandfather William Smith who was a professional footballer.  He has a Wikipaedia entry under the name Bill Smith (Edwardian Footballer). He played for Brentford (1912-13), Southampton (1913-14), and Halifax Town (1914-15).  I'm really trying to track down his birth, but there are lots of William Smith's around!  I know that he had died by 1940 when my nan and grandad married. 

My nan had William's signing on papers for Southampton, but she died in 1983, and my dad has no idea where they went after that!

I'd be grateful for any help.

[t mo]

hi queenholly
why not get in touch with the football clubs involved and see what if any history records they may have , sometimes there supporters associations may have records as well , worth a try
trevor

[t mo]

ps forgot to say welcome to rootschat 
trevor

[queenholly]

Thanks t mo.  From what I've heard from my dad, my nan had tried to get information from Southampton FC, but they had lost most of their records in a fire many years ago.  I had wondered about contacting the other clubs directly as well, and will be giving that a try too.

[Pels.]

Hi queenholly,

Welcome to RootsChat ! 

Gadget has requested that people send her a private message, I'll get in touch to let her know you have a query.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,471845.0.html

Fingers crossed on this and hope you find what you are looking for.

Kind regards,

Pels.

[deebel]

Have you tried contacting the FA or the League? If he was a professional would he not have been registered?