Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #218
Appearances:
2
Starts:
2
Goals:
1
Seasons:
1
Source: Football card Bill Renneville issued by H J Packer & Co for Packer's Chocolate Sports Mixture, 1909.
Source: Football card Bill Renneville issued by H J Packer & Co for Packer's Chocolate Sports Mixture, 1909.
Bill Renneville
Position
Centre Forward
From
1910-11
To
1910-11
IMAGE CREDIT
William Thomas James Renneville
Birth Date
Wednesday, 16 April 1884
Birth Place
Mullingar, County Westmeath
Birth Country
Ireland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Leyton
From
For
Free
On
May 1910
Previous Clubs
1907-10 Leyton |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Retired
For
Released
On
September 1910
Subsequent Clubs
1914 Worcester City |
1919-20 Walsall |
1920-21 Hinckley United |
1921 Wolesley Athletic |
Source: Football card Bill Renneville issued by H J Packer & Co for Packer's Chocolate Sports Mixture, 1909.
Source: Football card Bill Renneville issued by H J Packer & Co for Packer's Chocolate Sports Mixture, 1909.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1910 Aston Villa, Free, 2 | 1 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 10 September 1910
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 10 September 1910
Sunderland (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 17 September 1910
Final Appearance
Saturday, 17 September 1910
Bradford City (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 17 September 1910
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5 ft 6 in) 1.53 m
Foot
International Team
Ireland
Died
19 April 1943, Aged 59
Bill Renneville
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.