Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944)

Bill Atkinson

Personal information
Full name	William Atkinson[1]
Date of birth	(1944-12-21)21 December 1944[1]
Place of birth	Sunderland,[1] England
Date of death	24 June 2013(2013-06-24) (aged 68)[1]
Place of death	Nuneaton,[1] England
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1964	Birmingham City	0	(0)
1964–1965	Torquay United	19	(7)
1965–1966	Nuneaton Borough	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Atkinson (21 December 1944 – 24 June 2013) was an English professional

Atkinson began his professional football career as an apprentice at Birmingham City, turning professional in March 1962. He remained at St Andrew's for a further two years, but failed to make a single first team appearance.

In June 1964 he moved to

in the side.

In 1966, after only 19 league appearances, in which he scored 7 goals, Atkinson returned to the Midlands, joining non-league side

. He retired from Non League Football in 1974 – the last Club he played for was Redditch.

Atkinson started refereeing throughout the Midlands in 1982 for local clubs, also involved with assessing for the B.C.F.A. of which he was a member for 20 years.

For 20 years, during summer months he played cricket for local club Ambleside and Ansley, and later umpired for local clubs in the Midlands area.

Atkinson started a successful family run industrial cleaning business in 1968, which he ran with his son James.

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