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Player #217

From:

To:

Career Status:

1910-11

1910-11

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

1

Assists:

-

Involvements:

1

Bill Renneville

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Centre Forward

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Bill Renneville

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1910 🕒 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #217 |

Season :

1910-11

Age :

26

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

1

Assists :

-

Involvements :

1

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

William Thomas James Renneville

Birth Date

16 April 1884

Birth Place

Mullingar, County Westmeath

Birth Country

Ireland

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Citizenship

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Ireland

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1907-10 Leyton

Original Transfer

Aged

26

From

Leyton

For

Free

On

May 1910

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

26

Retired

Released

September 1910

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1914 Worcester City
1919-20 Walsall
1920-21 Hinckley United
1921 Wolesley Athletic
Retired

Died

19 April 1943, Aged 59

Bill Renneville

Villa Career

1910 🕒 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #217 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

10 September 1910

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

10 September 1910

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1910-11

10 September 1910

Sunderland (a), Division One

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1910-11

17 September 1910

Bradford City (a), Division One

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

17 September 1910

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

(5 ft 6 in) 1.53 m

Foot

International Record

National Team

Ireland

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

1910-11 🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 |

Ireland

Caps with Villa

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Bill Renneville

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Player #218 for Aston Villa, William Thomas James Renneville, known as Bill Renneville and nicknamed Pepper played as a centre forward for the club.

Bill played for Villa in the 1910-11 season making 2 appearances.

Bill was born in Mullingar, Ireland on 16th April 1884 and made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 26 on the 10th September 1910.

Villa had signed Bill from Leyton in May 1910. Bill made the jump from non-league to the reigning champions and despite his diminutive stature - at 5ft 0” the smallest ever first team player for Villa - he more than made up for it with a battering ram, combative style.

Bill scored in his second and final outing for Villa before succumbing to injury, an injury that put paid to his league football ambitions.

Bill did return to football at a succession of non-league clubs through to his retirement in the mid-1920s.

Bill played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bill passed away in Birmingham on 19th April 1943 aged 59.

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