Billy Lewis

Who was Billy Lewis?

Billy Lewis was a Welsh international footballer in the late 19th Century who played as a centre forward.

He played for Bangor City before joining Everton for a brief period in the first ever season of The Football League, making 3 league appearances with the Toffees in September 1888. Lewis then returned to Bangor before spells with Crewe Alexandra and Chester.

In 1896 he moved to Manchester City, and he made 13 appearances for City, scoring on 4 occasions.

Lewis gained 13 Welsh caps whilst with Chester, which remained a club record for more than 100 years. His record was broken when Angus Eve was capped 35 times for Trinidad & Tobago, although for 24 of these caps he was on loan away from Chester, and thus Lewis could still be argued to be the record holder.