# Billy Cobb

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{{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](/source/Newark-on-Trent), 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](/source/Nottinghamshire), England<ref name="Hugman" />
| height = 
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [Ransome & Marles](/source/Ransome_%26_Marles_F.C.)
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1958–1963
| clubs2 = [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.)
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1963–1964
| clubs3 = [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.)
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1964–1966
| clubs4 = [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.)
| caps4 = 71
| goals4 = 23
| years5 = 1966–1968
| clubs5 = [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.)
| caps5 = 67
| goals5 = 10
| years6 = 1968–1971
| clubs6 = [Boston United](/source/Boston_United_F.C.)
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
}}
'''Walter William Cobb''' (29 September 1940 – 27 July 2021), known as '''Billy Cobb''', was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) playing for [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.), [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.), [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.) and [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.). He played in [midfield](/source/midfielder).<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](/source/Boston_United_F.C.) in the [Northern Premier League](/source/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&nbsp;– 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](/source/Valencia_CF) in the [1961–62 Fairs Cup](/source/1961%E2%80%9362_Inter-Cities_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](/source/hat-trick) on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of [Luton Town](/source/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](/source/Nottingham)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where are they now&nbsp;– 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](/source/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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Category:1940 births
Category:Footballers from Newark-on-Trent
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Boston United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Northern Premier League players

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Category:2021 deaths

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