William "Billy" Grimshaw (30 April 1892 in Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

 - 1968) was a footballer who played as an outside right

Outside forward

Outside forward is a position in association football which refers to a footballer who plays as an advanced forward on the right or left wing - as an outside right or outside left. Typically as part of a 2-3-5 formation or one of its variants...

 in The Football League

The Football League

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 in the 1910s and 1920s.

Grimshaw began his career with his hometown club Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 but was unable to force his way into the side and was released. He had a spell playing non-league football at Colne before signing for Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

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 in 1913, remaining with the side up until the outbreak of the First World War

World War I

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At the end of the war in 1919 he joined Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

 and played in their first ever season in the Football League during the 1920–21

1920-21 in English football

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 season.

He scored one of Cardiff's goals on the day of their first ever Football League victory, a 3-0 win over Stockport County on 4 September 1920. Following the arrival of Jimmy Gill

Jimmy Gill

James J. "Jimmy" Gill was an English professional footballer. He was born in Sheffield.Gill began his career at hometown side Sheffield Wednesday in 1913. With the club suffering financial difficulties he was sold to Cardiff City in 1920 for £750 and was the clubs top scorer in its first year in...

 in 1920 he was moved to outside right and was a virtual ever present for the next three years before losing his place to Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson (footballer)

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He was sold to Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

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, making 70 appearances for the club before retiring and becoming a licensee in Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

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