{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Billy Cobb | image = | caption = | fullname = Walter William Cobb<ref name=LCFCarchive/> | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|9|29|df=y}}<ref name="LCFCarchive">{{Cite web |title=Billy Cobb |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=cobb01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222112/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=cobb01 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=29 March 2013 |website=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C}}</ref> | birth_place = Newark, England<ref name=LCFCarchive/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|7|27|1940|9|29|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|id=3712|accessdate=16 December 2024}}</ref> | death_place = Nottinghamshire, England<ref name="Hugman" /> | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Ransome & Marles | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1958–1963 | clubs2 = Nottingham Forest | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 1963–1964 | clubs3 = Plymouth Argyle | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1964–1966 | clubs4 = Brentford | caps4 = 71 | goals4 = 23 | years5 = 1966–1968 | clubs5 = Lincoln City | caps5 = 67 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 1968–1971 | clubs6 = Boston United | caps6 = | goals6 = }} '''Walter William Cobb''' (29 September 1940 – 27 July 2021), known as '''Billy Cobb''', was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City. He played in midfield.<ref name="NB">{{Cite web |title=Billy Cobb |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/billycobb.html |access-date=22 April 2013 |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown}}</ref> He went on to play for Boston United in the Northern Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston United Roll Call |url=http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/rollcall.html#Cobb |access-date=22 April 2013 |website=Boston United FC – the original website |publisher=Ken Fox}}</ref>
Cobb was the scorer of Nottingham Forest's first goal in European football, in a 5–1 defeat to Valencia in the 1961–62 Fairs Cup.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 January 2008 |title=Keeping it in the family |url=http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/sport/Keeping-it-in-the-family |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927134943/http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/sport/Keeping-it-in-the-family |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=29 March 2013 |work=Newark Advertiser}}</ref> He scored a hat-trick on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of Luton Town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hat-trick heroes |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=hattrick&drop=matchsearch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926193012/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=hattrick&drop=matchsearch |archive-date=26 September 2013 |access-date=29 March 2013 |website=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C}}</ref> After retiring from football he kept a pub in Nottingham<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where are they now – from A to I |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/WhereNow/0,,10308~233794,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722131701/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/WhereNow/0%2C%2C10308~233794%2C00.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C }}</ref> and managed the bars at Nottingham Ice Stadium.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Culley |first=Jon |date=21 November 1995 |title=Where are they now? |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=131FED8DAEDF4098&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |access-date=22 April 2013 |work=The Independent |location=London}}</ref>
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