{{short description|English footballer}} {{About|the English footballer|the Scottish footballer|Billy Beckett (Scottish footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{infobox football biography | name = Billy Beckett | image = | fullname = William J. Beckett | height = 5 ft 6 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-sunday-dispatch-football/134154879/ |title=Tranmere sign nine amateurs |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xvi |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | birth_date = 4 July 1915 | birth_place = Kirkdale, Merseyside, England | death_date = 5 April 1999 | position = Outside left/Inside left | years1 = | clubs1 = Litherland | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1934–1935 | clubs2 = New Brighton Tower | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 1936 | clubs3 = Tranmere Rovers | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = | clubs4 = South Liverpool | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1937 | clubs5 = Blackpool | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1938–1945 | clubs6 = Bradford City | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 1945–1946 | clubs7 = Watford | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 1947 | clubs8 = Northampton Town | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | death_place = Ormskirk, Lancs, England }}
'''William J. Beckett''' (4 July 1915 – 5 April 1999) was an English footballer. He played for eight clubs in a circa fifteen-year career, six of which were during World War II.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Joyce|title=Football League Players' Records 1888-1939|year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown | isbn= 1-899468-67-6}}</ref>
He made five appearances in the Football League for Bradford City.<ref>{{cite book|last=Frost|first=Terry|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=1988|isbn=0-907969-38-0|page=379}}</ref> thumb
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