William Arthur "Willie" Wragg (1875 – after 1903) was an English

England

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 professional footballer who made 119 appearances in the Football League

The Football League

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 playing for Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

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, Leicester Fosse

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...

, Small Heath

Birmingham City F.C.

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 and Chesterfield Town

Chesterfield F.C.

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Wragg was born in Radford

Radford, Nottingham

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, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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. He played local football before joining Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

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 in April 1896. In the early part of his career he played at wing half

Wing half

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, and from this position he created Forest's first goal in the 1898 FA Cup Final

1898 FA Cup Final

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. From his free kick

Direct free kick

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 from the left near the by-line, the ball came to Arthur Capes

Arthur Capes

Arthur John Capes was a former footballer.-Career:Capes played in the Football League for Stoke where he made sixty appearance. Capes also played for Burton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Swindon Town. He won the FA Cup with Forest in 1898 scoring twice in the final in a 3-1 win...

 who shot through a crowd of defenders. Wragg later aggravated a first-half injury and had to move out to the wing, unable to take much further part in the game. After three years and 58 appearances in all competitions, he joined Leicester Fosse

Leicester City F.C.

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, where he spent two seasons, made 50 appearances in the Second Division

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 playing at full back

Defender (association football)

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, and became the club's free kick specialist.

A move to Small Heath

Birmingham City F.C.

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 brought him just the one first-team appearance because of the form of George Adey

George Adey

George W. Adey was an English professional footballer born in Handsworth, Birmingham, who played as a wing half or inside forward. He made 71 appearances for Small Heath in the Football League, and went on to play for Kettering of the Southern League.-References:...

. In August 1901 he joined Southern League

Southern Football League

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 club Watford

Watford F.C.

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, and a year later moved to Hinckley Town

Hinckley United F.C.

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 of the Midland League

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. He returned to the Football League

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 to play 20 Second Division games for Chesterfield Town

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

, and then went back to non-league football

Non-league football

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 with Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)

Accrington Stanley was an English football club based in Accrington, Lancashire. Established in 1891, the club played in the Football League between 1921 and 1962, when the club became only the second ever to resign from the League mid-season. The club went into liquidation in 1966...

, Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

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 and Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

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