Bill Rigby (footballer)

William Rigby (9 June 1921 – 1 June 2010) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Chester.^[1]

Bill Rigby

Personal information
Full name	William Rigby
Date of birth	(1921-06-09)9 June 1921
Place of birth	Chester, England
Date of death	1 June 2010(2010-06-01) (aged 88)
Place of death	Greasby, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Chester
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1947	Chester	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A product of the youth system at his hometown club of Chester,^[2] Rigby made his only peacetime first-team appearance for the club in their first post-war match in The Football League in a 4–4 draw at York City on 31 August 1946. After this he was not selected again, with goalkeeping duties being passed on to George Scales and Jimmy MacLaren.^[3]

Earlier he had made appearances for the first-team during the war years, mainly during 1940–41 and 1941–42 while understudy to Bill Shortt.^[4]

Bibliography

• Sumner, Chas (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-52-0.

References

1. "Bill Rigby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. Sumner (1997), p 142
3. Sumner (1997), stats section (46-47)
4. Sumner (1997), stats section (war years)