Bill Lewis | |
Fullname: | William Jasper Lewis |
Position: | Outside right |
Birth Date: | 1871 |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
Clubs1: | Windsor Street Gas Depot |
Years2: | 1894–1896 |
Caps2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | – |
Clubs3: | Nechells |
Years4: | – |
Clubs4: | Stourbridge |
Years5: | 1902–19?? |
Caps5: | 30 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Years6: | – |
Clubs6: | Stourbridge |
William Jasper Lewis (1871 – after 1902) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath and Leicester Fosse.[1]
Lewis was born in the Bordesley Green district of Birmingham. He joined Small Heath from local football in February 1894.[2] He scored on his debut in the First Division on 29 December 1894, deputising for regular outside right Jack Hallam in a home game against Liverpool which Small Heath won 3–0. Though he kept his place for the next game,[3] his only other appearance for the first team was in the 1896 FA Cup first round match against Bury, in which he also scored.[4] Despite a goal return of two in three games, he returned to non-league football later that year.[2] Some six years later he resumed his Football League career with Leicester Fosse; he scored three goals in 30 Second Division games before returning to former club Stourbridge.[1]