Townley, William

William (Billy) Townley ( English William "Billy" Townley ; February 14, 1866 , Lancashire , England - May 30, 1950 , Blackpool , England) - English footballer and football coach. He played in such teams as Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City , coached such teams as Bayern (Munich) , Greuther , Eintracht (Frankfurt) . He was the author of the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup finals. Townley’s main legacy is pioneering as an English coach in Germany, as well as a large number of clubs under his mentorship.

William Townley
William Townley as a young man (no earlier than 1890)
general information
Full name	William James Townley
Nickname	Billy
Was born	February 14, 1866 ( 1866-02-14 ) England
Is dead	May 30, 1950 ( 1950-05-30 ) (84 years) Blackpool , England
Citizenship	England
Position	forward (left winger)
Club career [* 1] ???? - ???? Blackburn Swifts ???? - 1886 Blackburn Olympic 1886-1892 Blackburn rovers 77 (27) 1893-1894 Stockton 1893-1894 Blackburn rovers 20 (10) 1894-1896 Darwen 42 (15) 1896-1897 Manchester city thirty) National Team [* 2] 1889–1890 England 2 (2) Coaching career —1909 DFC Prague 1909–1911 Karlsruhe FF 1911–1913 Fuerth 1914 Bayern Munich) 1914 Fuerth 1914 Bayern Munich) 1919-1921 Bayern Munich) 1920 St. Gallen 1921 Waldhof (Mannheim) —1923 Victoria (Hamburg) 1923 Hamburg 1923-1925 St. Gallen 1924 Team Netherlands 1926-1927 Fuerth 1928-1929 Union (Niederrad) 1929-1930 Darmstadt 98 Frankfurt 1930-1932 Fuerth 1932 Eintracht (Hannover) Arminia (Hannover)
↑ The number of games and goals for a professional club is counted only for various leagues of national championships. ↑ The number of games and goals for the national team in official matches.