Bill Glasper

William H. Glasper (q4 1910 – q3 1965) was an English footballer who played at left half or inside right in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers and Darlington. He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday without representing them in the league, and played for Northern League club South Bank and Midland League club Mexborough Athletic.[1]

Bill Glasper
Personal information
Date of birth q4 1910[1][2]
Place of birth Middlesbrough,[1] England
Date of death q3 1965 (aged 54)
Place of death Cleveland,[lower-alpha 1] Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Left half, inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– South Bank
1931–1932 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
1932–1933 Mexborough Athletic
1933–1935 Tranmere Rovers 18 (1)
1935–1937 Darlington 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Glasper was born in 1910 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire,[1] and played football for Middlesbrough-based Northern League club South Bank before signing for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League First Division in the 1931–32 season. He never played for the first team, and moved on to Midland League club Mexborough Athletic in December 1932.[3] He had played at left half for South Bank,[4] but Wednesday thought of him as a forward,[3] and Mexborough played him at inside right.[5]

He signed for Tranmere Rovers in 1933, and made 18 appearances in the Third Division during two years with the club. He appeared more regularly in other competitions. He scored Tranmere's equaliser in the 1934 Welsh Cup Final against Bristol City, played on the losing side in the replay,[6][7] and scored twice in a 6–1 defeat of Southport in the 1935 Northern Section Cup.[8] His only Third Division goal came in a 4–1 win against Darlington in March 1935,[9] and he joined that club at the end of the season. Although he played mainly for the reserves, he was retained for a second season,[10] and finished his Darlington career with eight Third Division appearances without scoring.[1]

Glasper died in 1965 at the age of 54.[lower-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. Glasper's death was registered in the third quarter of 1965 in the Cleveland registration district,[11] which includes such towns as Eston, Guisborough, Redcar, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm.[12]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "England & Wales births 1837–2006 Transcription". William H. Glasper. Birth quarter: 4. Birth year: 1910. District: Middlesbrough. County: Yorkshire. Volume: 9D. Page: 600. Retrieved 15 November 2014 – via Findmypast.
  3. "Sports snaps". Daily Mail. Hull. 6 December 1932. p. 13 – via British Newspaper Archive. Sheffield Wednesday yesterday transferred two reserve forwards. M. McMahon and W.H. Glasper, to Mexborough Athletic (Midland League).
  4. "Past local players of note". A B C of Football Tradition in the South Bank Area. This is the North East / Communigate. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.
  5. "Midland League". Nottingham Evening Post. 10 February 1933. p. 14 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Bristol City live to fight another day". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 26 April 1934. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Welsh Cup Final 1933/34". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  8. "Southport get some shocks". Lancashire Daily Post. 23 January 1935. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "The League. Div. III (North)". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 11 March 1935. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. 'Bedouin' (1 August 1936). "Under the searchlight. Darlington's signings". Sunderland Daily Echo. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". William H. Glasper. Age: 54. Death quarter: 3. Death year: 1965. District: Cleveland. County: Yorkshire. Volume: 1B. Page: 581. Retrieved 15 November 2014 – via Findmypast.
  12. "Cleveland registration district". UKBMD. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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