Billy Milne | |
Fullname: | William Milne |
Birth Date: | 1873 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Death Date: | 10 January |
Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Position: | Outside left |
Clubs1: | Bedlington |
Clubs2: | Science & Art |
Clubs3: | Rutherford College |
Years4: | 1894–1895 |
Clubs4: | Newcastle United |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1895–1897 |
Clubs5: | Sunderland |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1897 |
Clubs6: | Newcastle United |
Caps6: | 1 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 6 |
Totalgoals: | 1 |
William Milne (1873 – 10 January 1951) was an English amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer.
Milne was born at Newcastle upon Tyne. He began his career with Bedlington, Science & Art and Rutherford College. He had a brief professional football career, making six appearances in the Football League for Newcastle United between 1894 and 1897.[1] He had two spells at Newcastle, separated by a brief spell at Sunderland.[1]
Milne also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, albeit intermittently, from 1896 to 1908, making nineteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] Outside of his sporting life, Milne worked for the Newcastle Corporation's Health Department for 44 years, as well as being one of the founders of the Newcastle Society of Artists.[3] He died at Newcastle upon Tyne in January 1951.