{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bill Pocock | image = | fullname = William Thomas Pocock | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Bristol City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref> | position = Outside left | birth_date = {{birth date |1894|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Bristol, England | death_date = {{death date |1959|2|4|df=y}} | death_place = Bristol, England | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Bedminster St Francis | years1 = | clubs1 = Army | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1919–1926 | clubs2 = Bristol City | caps2 = 238 | goals2 = 46 | years3 = 1926–1927 | clubs3 = St Johnstone | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1927–1928 | clubs4 = Bath City | caps4 = | goals4 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = }}
'''William Thomas Pocock''' (24 February 1894 — 4 February 1959) was an English footballer who played as an outside left.
==Career== Bill Pocock played locally for Bedminster St Francis before joining the Army. Joe Palmer signed him in July 1919 for Bristol City.<ref name="WoodsEdwards">{{cite book|first=David|last=Woods|author2=Leigh Edwards |title=Bristol City FC The First 100 years|publisher=Redcliffe Press |year=1997|isbn=1-900178-26-5}}</ref><ref name="Joyce">{{cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939| publisher=Tony Brown | year=2004| isbn=1-899468-67-6}}</ref><ref name="Woods">{{cite book|first=David|last=Woods|title=Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC|publisher=Yore Publications |year=1994|isbn=1-874427-95-X}}</ref>
==Honours== ;with Bristol City *Football League Third Division South winner: 1922–23 *FA Cup semi-finalist 1920
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