William "Billy" Forbes was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

 in the 1920s. He played as a right back

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Forbes was born in Denny

Denny, Falkirk

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, which was then in Stirlingshire

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, and played for the local club, Denny Hibernians, before coming to England in 1911 to play for Plymouth Argyle

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, then a Southern League

Southern Football League

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 club. He made 250 appearances for the club in all competitions either side of the First World War. Forbes played in Argyle's first game in the Football League, as the Southern League Division One clubs were absorbed to form the Football League Third Division

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 for the 1920–21 season, and went on to play 134 Football League games. Best remembered for his full-back partnership with Moses Russell

Moses Russell

Moses Richard Russell was a Welsh international footballer, who played most of his career with Plymouth Argyle. A full back, he attained 23 caps for the Wales national football team.-Early career:...

 – they played more than 180 games together – Forbes made his last appearance for Argyle in 1924 and then went to America to play for Fall River Marksmen

Fall River Marksmen

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