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Bill Isaac

Bill Isaac

English footballer

William James Isaac (Q3 1918 – 14 April 1941) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]

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Personal life

Isaac enlisted in the British Army at the outbreak of the Second World War and served as an instructor in the Royal Artillery with the rank of bombardier.[2][3] He took part in the Battle of France and was evacuated from Dunkirk, dying of meningitis in Maidstone on 14 April 1941.[3][4][5][6] He was buried in Seghill (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bill Isaac at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Casualty Details: William James Isaac". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Former Black Watch Player Dead". Blyth News. 17 April 1941. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
  5. [5]
    Waugh, Chris (12 November 2018). "How Newcastle United's fallen World War I and II heroes have been immortalised at St James' Park". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. [6]
    "The stories of 7 Brighton & Hove Albion players who served in World War II". wearebrighton.com. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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