William "Billy" Cornelius (born 1898) was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional football player and manager.

Career

Cornelius was born in Belvedere, London

Belvedere, London

Belvedere is a suburban and largely working class area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley in Southeast London.-History:The area which is today known as Belvedere was originally part of Lesness Heath, which originally stretched from the area of Lesnes Abbey to Erith and constituted...

 in 1898. He played football for Belvedere & District

Erith & Belvedere F.C.

Erith & Belvedere F.C., established 1922, is a football club representing Erith, in the London Borough of Bexley. They are currently members of the Kent League Premier Division after being relegated from the Southern League Division One East in 2005.They were also founder members of the Corinthian...

, before venturing to France in 1922 to join FC Sète

FC Sète

FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double....

. Cornelius was brought over to the country along with fellow countryman Arthur Parkes

Arthur Parkes

Arthur C. Parkes was an English professional football player.- Career :Parkes played for both FC Sète and Club Français in France. In 1922, he was brought over to the country along with fellow countryman Billy Cornelius by Victor Gibson. With Sète, he played in the 1923 Coupe de France Final where...

 by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 coach Victor Gibson

Victor Gibson

Victor Gibson was a Scottish professional football player and coach active throughout Europe.-Playing career:Gibson, a midfielder, played in his native Scotland for Morton and Falkirk, before playing in Spain with Espanyol, and in France with Olympique de Cette, FC Cette and Montpellier.-Coaching...

. With Sète, he played in the 1923 Coupe de France Final against Red Star Olympique. In the match, Cornelius scored the team's opening goal, however, the club was unable to overcome the 3–1 deficit and were defeated 4–2. After his stint with Sète, Cornelius joined Olympique Alès

Olympique Alès

Olympique Alès is a French association football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently playing in the Division d'Honneur Régionale – the seventh division – of the Ligue du Languedoc; the club in the past has played for six seasons in Ligue 1...

and served in a player-coach role.