William Waterfall
b. 18?? - d. ????
Clubs…
Hallam & Stumperlowe
Norton F.C
Willy made for himself a bit of a name on the Cricketing Field, batting for the…
Sheffield Cricket Club
…but, as with many players of the era, quite fancied a bit of bash at the new game in town…
‘Footer ’!
Spirited Willy, during the annual encounter between his Hallam & Stumperlowe side & the World’s very first Football Club over at Sheffield at Christmas, 1862, finds himself, alongside the registerer of Football’s first ever Goal, Major Nathaniel Creswick, focus of a most furious fracas…
The Battle of old Bramall Lane…
1862
Coming soon…
