William Young | |
Fullname: | William Young |
Birth Date: | 1884 |
Birth Place: | Cannock, England |
Death Place: | France |
Years1: | 1904–1905 |
Clubs1: | Chadsmoor Celtic |
Years2: | 1905–1906 |
Clubs2: | Hednesford Victoria |
Years3: | 1906–1907 |
Clubs3: | Hednesford Town |
Years4: | 1907–1910 |
Caps4: | 19 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1910–1911 |
Clubs5: | Hednesford Town |
Years6: | 1911 |
Clubs6: | Wednesbury |
Years7: | 1912 |
Clubs7: | Worcester City |
Years8: | 1913 |
Totalcaps: | 19 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
William Young (1884 – 12 September 1917) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion.[1]
Young worked as a miner. In November 1914, he enlisted in the British Army to serve during the First World War. Serving in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France, he was wounded around October 1916. After returning to the front as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers, he was shot in the head and died of his injuries on 12 September 1917. He is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery.[2]