Willie Wragg | |
Fullname: | William Arthur Wragg |
Position: | Wing half / Full back |
Birth Date: | 1875 |
Birth Place: | Radford, England |
Clubs1: | Notts Olympic |
Clubs2: | Sutton-in-Ashfield |
Clubs3: | Newstead Byron |
Years4: | – |
Clubs4: | Hucknall Portland |
Years5: | 1896–1899 |
Clubs5: | Nottingham Forest |
Caps5: | 48 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 1899–1901 |
Clubs6: | Leicester Fosse |
Caps6: | 50 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Years7: | 1901 |
Clubs7: | Small Heath |
Caps7: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1901–1902 |
Clubs8: | Watford |
Years9: | 1902–1903 |
Clubs9: | Hinckley Town |
Years10: | 1903–1904 |
Clubs10: | Chesterfield Town |
Caps10: | 20 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Clubs11: | Accrington Stanley |
Clubs12: | Doncaster Rovers |
Years13: | 1905–1906 |
Caps13: | 4 |
Goals13: | 0 |
William Arthur Wragg[1] (1875 – after 1904) was an English professional footballer who made 119 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Leicester Fosse, Small Heath and Chesterfield Town.[2]
Wragg was born in Radford, Nottinghamshire.
He played local football before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1896. Wragg made his debut on 28 November 1896 at home against Liverpool.[3] In the early part of his career he played at wing half, and from this position he created Forest's first goal in the 1898 FA Cup Final.[4] From his free kick from the left near the by-line, the ball came to Arthur Capes who shot through a crowd of defenders. Wragg later aggravated a first-half injury and had to move out to the wing, unable to take much further part in the game.[5] He made 58 appearances in all competitions for Forest.[1] He scored his only goal for Nottingham Forest on 2 October 1897 in the 1–1 draw at home against Sunderland.[3]
After three years he joined Leicester Fosse, where he spent two seasons, made 50 appearances in the Second Division playing at full back, and became the club's free kick specialist.[2] [4]
A move to Small Heath brought him just the one first-team appearance because of the form of George Adey. In August 1901 he joined Southern League club Watford, and a year later moved to Hinckley Town of the Midland League.[4] He returned to the Football League to play 20 Second Division games for Chesterfield Town, and then went back to non-league football with Accrington Stanley, Doncaster Rovers[2] and Brighton & Hove Albion.[6]
Wragg appeared on stage with Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin.[7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Nottingham Forest | 1896-97 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
1897-98 | First Division | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
1898-99 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |||
Leicester Fosse'[8] | 1898-99 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
1899–1900 | Second Division | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
1900-01 | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | |||
1900-01 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Chesterfield Town | 1903-04 | Second Division | 20 | 0 | |||||
Total | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Career total | 119 | 5 |