Billy Bloomfield

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Billy Bloomfield

| fullname = William George Bloomfield{{Hugman|1760|accessdate=24 October 2015}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kensington, England

| death_date = {{death-date and age|September 2003|25 August 1939}}

| death_place = Kensington, England

| position = Inside left

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1956

| youthclubs1 = Brentford

| years1 = 1956–1959

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

}}

William George Bloomfield (25 August 1939 – September 2003) was an English footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Brentford.

Career

Bloomfield joined Third Division South club Brentford at a young age and made his senior debut on 19 April 1957, in a 2–2 West London derby draw with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=384}} He made one further first team appearance against Coventry City in September 1957. Bloomfield spent much of his time at Griffin Park playing for the reserves, scoring 28 goals in 98 appearances.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=0955294916 |location=Harefield |page=23}} He retired in January 1960 due to failing eyesight and scored a hat-trick in his final reserve team match versus Gillingham.{{Cite web |date=11 September 2003 |title=Billy Bloomfield |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~423082,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109024758/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~423082,00.html |archive-date=9 November 2018 |access-date=19 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk }}

Personal life

Bloomfield's older brother Jimmy was also a professional footballer. He was diagnosed with a severe eye disorder in the late 1950s.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="2" \|Brentford \|1956–57 \| rowspan="2" \|Third Division South \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1957–58 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !2 !0 !0 !0 !2 !0

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