William Francis Guest (8 February 1914 – 15 November 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left for Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers and Walsall in the Football League either side of the Second World War. During the war, he won a runners-up medal with Blackburn Rovers in the 1940 Football League War Cup Final. He went on to play for Peterborough United in the Midland League, for Kidderminster Harriers and Lovell's Athletic in the Southern League, and for Hinckley United and Bilston United.

During the war he was a guest-player for Lovell's Athletic, the works team for Lovell's sweet factory in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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References

External links

Guest's Football League stats at Neil Brown's Post War Player Database. Note that Brown mistakenly includes data for a different William Guest who played for West Ham United in 1936. Guest's Peterborough stats

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1914 births

1994 deaths

People from Brierley Hill

Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

English men's footballers

Men's association football outside forwards

Birmingham City F.C. players

Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

Walsall F.C. players

Peterborough United F.C. players

Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players

Lovell's Athletic F.C. players

Hinckley Athletic F.C. players

Bilston Town F.C. players

English Football League players

Midland Football League players

Southern Football League players

Lovell's Athletic F.C. wartime guest players

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