{{short description|English footballer (1905–1993}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{infobox football biography |name = Billy Eden |image = |caption = |fullname = William Eden<ref name=Joyce/> |birth_date = {{birth date|1905|7|1|df=y}}<ref name="complete record" /> |birth_place = Stockton,<ref name="complete record" /> England |death_date = {{death year and age|1993|1905}}<ref name="complete record" /> |death_place = Darlington,<ref name="complete record" /> England |height = 5 ft 8 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-chronicle-season-preview/133712458/ |title=Darlington hope to land more players |first=Colin |last=Veitch |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 August 1933 |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |position = Outside left |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Loftus Albion |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1928–1929 |clubs2 = Darlington |caps2 = 40 |goals2 = 15 |years3 = 1929–1932 |clubs3 = Sunderland |caps3 = 60 |goals3 = 18 |years4 = 1932–1935 |clubs4 = Darlington |caps4 = 79 |goals4 = 16 |years5 = 1935–1939 |clubs5 = Tranmere Rovers |caps5 = 139 |goals5 = 30 |years6 = 1939–1940 |clubs6 = New Brighton |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0 }}
'''William Eden''' (1 July 1905 – 1993) was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Darlington, Sunderland, Tranmere Rovers and New Brighton.<ref name=Joyce/> He made 152 appearances for Tranmere, scoring 31 goals.<ref name="complete record" />
==References== <references>
<ref name="complete record">{{cite book |last1=Upton |first1=Gilbert |last2=Wilson |first2=Steve |last3=Bishop |first3=Peter |title=Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |date=24 July 2009 |chapter=Player Records |pages=520–538 |isbn=978-1-85983-711-5}}</ref> <ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=82 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eden, Billy}} Category:1905 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Footballers from Stockton-on-Tees Category:Men's association football outside forwards Category:English men's footballers Category:Loftus Albion F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Category:New Brighton A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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