Billy_Pratt_(footballer_born_1872)

Billy Pratt (footballer, born 1872)

Billy Pratt (footballer, born 1872)

English footballer

This article is about the Small Heath winger. For the Small Heath full-back, see Billy Pratt (footballer born 1874).

William Pratt (1872 – after 1898) was an English professional footballer who made 22 appearances in the Football Alliance playing for Small Heath.[1]

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Pratt, born in Highgate, Birmingham, joined Small Heath in 1889. A winger whose strengths were dribbling and crossing the ball but who lacked pace,[2] he made his first-team debut on 19 October 1889, playing at inside left in a 2–2 draw away at The Wednesday in the Football Alliance. He became a first-team regular in the 1890–91 season, but lost his place to new arrival "Toddy" Hands in December 1890, played only twice more for the first team,[1] and dropped back into local non-league football in 1892.[2]

He is often confused with another Billy Pratt, a left back who did not join the club until 1894.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 140–41. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. [2]
    Matthews, p. 118.


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