Billy Durkin

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Other uses|William Durkin (disambiguation){{!}}William Durkin}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Billy Durkin

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|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1921|9|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bradford, England

|death_date = August 2000 (aged 78)

|death_place = Dorset, England

|height =

|position = Inside forward

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 1946–1948

|clubs1 = Bradford City

|caps1 = 28

|goals1 = 1

|years2 = 1948–1949

|clubs2 = Rotherham United

|caps2 = 2

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1949–1954

|clubs3 = Aldershot

|caps3 = 129

|goals3 = 17

|years4 =

|clubs4 = Weymouth

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|goals4 =

|totalcaps = 159

|totalgoals = 18

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Billy Durkin (29 September 1921 – August 2000) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Born in Bradford, Durkin played for Bradford City, Rotherham United, Aldershot and Weymouth.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/billydurkin.html|title=Profile|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}

He died in Dorset in August 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.themillers.co.uk/staticFiles/87/1b/0,,10360~7047,00.doc |title=Past Players |publisher=Rotherham United F.C. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044511/http://www.themillers.co.uk/staticFiles/87/1b/0%2C%2C10360~7047%2C00.doc |archivedate=10 August 2011 |df=dmy }}

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