For other people of the same name see Billy Lane

Billy Lane

For other people of the same name see Billy Lane and Billy Lane William David Lane is widely known as a builder of custom motorcycles, owner of Choppers Inc. in Melbourne, Florida — and for his 2009 conviction following a drunk-driving incident in 2006, where Lane's driving resulted in the...

 and Billy Lane (angler)

Billy Lane (angler)

For other people of the same name see Billy Lane and Billy Lane Billy Lane was an English angler and author. Lane a son of a Coventry fishing tackle shop owner was a well known match fisherman of the mid 20th century. In the 1950s he became the captain of the Coventry National Championship team...

William Henry Charles 'Billy' Lane (23 October 1904–1985) was an English

England

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 footballer who played for the London City Mission, Gnome Athletic, Park Avondale, Summerstown, Barnet

Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, Northfleet United

Northfleet United F.C.

Northfleet United Football Club was a football club based in Northfleet, Kent.Founded in 1890, Northfleet United joined the Kent League in 1906-07 and were runners-up in their inaugural season. They followed that with three championship titles in 1907-08, 1908-09 and 1919-20...

, Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

, Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 (trial), Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

, Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

, Watford

Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

, Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

, Clapton Orient and Gravesend United

Gravesend United F.C.

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.

Football career

After playing for the London City Mission, Gnome Athletic and Park Avondale, Lane joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1922 for the first time but left the club without appearing in a senior match. He went on to play for Summerstown and Barnet before re-joining Tottenham after a spell with the club's "nursery" team Northfleet United. Lane, a centre forward went on to feature in 30 matches and found the net on six occasions between 1924–26. After leaving White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

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 he appeared for Leicester City, Reading, Brentford where he made 112 appearances. He signed for Watford in 1932, and the following year scored a hat-trick

Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...

 in the Football League in under 3 minutes, against Clapton Orient on 20 December 1933. He featured in a total of 136 matches for Watford in all competitions, scoring 77 goals, and went on to have spells at Bristol City, Clapton Orient and finally Gravesend United.

Lane later went into management, with Guildford City

Guildford City F.C.

Guildford City Football Club is a football club based in Guildford, Surrey, England. The club was originally established in 1921, folded in 1974 and were reformed in 1996...

, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gravesend & Northfleet.