# Bill Pepper

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bill Pepper
| fullname = William George Pepper<ref name="Joyce" />
| birth_date = 1895
| birth_place = [Faversham](/source/Faversham), England
| death_date = 25 {{Death year and age|1918|1895|10}}<ref name="CWGC" />
| death_place = north of [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), Ottoman Iraq
| position = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [Sheppey United](/source/Sheppey_United_F.C.)
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1913
| clubs2 = [Leicester Fosse](/source/Leicester_Fosse_F.C.)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1913
| clubs3 = [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
}}

'''William George Pepper''' (1895 – 25 October 1918) was an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played in the [Football League](/source/The_Football_League) for [Leicester Fosse](/source/Leicester_Fosse_F.C.) as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)).<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=229}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Pepper enlisted in the [Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)](/source/Queen's_Own_Royal_West_Kent_Regiment) during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War).<ref name="LCFC">{{Cite web |title=Leicester Fosse & The First World War: William Pepper |url=https://www.lcfc.com/news/1495099 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=www.lcfc.com |language=en}}</ref> He spent time with the regiment in India before being deployed to the [Middle Eastern theatre](/source/Middle_Eastern_theatre_of_World_War_I) in December 1917.<ref name="LCFC" /> Pepper was serving as an [acting lance corporal](/source/Acting_Lance-Corporal) when he was killed in [Iraq](/source/Mesopotamian_campaign) during the [Battle of Sharqat](/source/Battle_of_Sharqat) on 25 October 1918.<ref name="LCFC" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=William George Pepper {{!}} Service Record |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/william-pepper-service-record/ |access-date=1 October 2016 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en-US}}</ref> He is commemorated on the [Basra Memorial](/source/Basra_Memorial).<ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|id=1658608|accessdate=1 October 2016}}</ref>

== 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
|-
|[Leicester Fosse](/source/Leicester_Fosse_F.C.)
|[1912–13](/source/1912%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Second_Division)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Pepper {{!}} Leicester City career stats |url=https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/players?pid=924 |access-date=26 May 2017 |website=FoxesHistory}}</ref>
|[Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division)
|1
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|-
|[Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.)
|[1913–14](/source/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="gillinghamfcresults">{{Cite web |title=Bill Pepper |url=http://gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Pepper%2CBill |access-date=26 May 2017 |website=Gillingham FC Scrapbook}}</ref>
|[Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) First Division
|1
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!2
!0
!0
!0
!2
!0
|}

== References ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pepper, Bill}}
Category:1895 births
Category:Sportspeople from Faversham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Sheppey United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment soldiers
Category:1918 deaths
Category:Leicester City F.C. players
Category:Military personnel from Kent
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:Footballers from Kent
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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