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Billy Minter

Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940)

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Born
April 16, 1888
Died
May 21, 1940
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1888

About Billy Minter

William James Minter, was a footballer, trainer, manager and assistant secretary at Tottenham Hotspur. He scored 101 goals for Tottenham, and was for a time the top scorer for the club. He also managed the club for three years, and after he resigned as manager he stayed at the club until his death in 1940. In Spurs' first year in the Football League, Minter scored 16 goals for the club, which finished runner-up in the Second Division that season and was promoted to the First Division. Minter joined the military service in May 1915 after the outbreak of the First World War. His first goal for the club came on his debut against Millwall. He was the top scorer for the club until the record was broken by Jimmy Dimmock in 1930.

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Billy Minter timeline

  1. Minter joined the military service in May 1915 after the outbreak of the First World War.
  2. He was the top scorer for the club until the record was broken by Jimmy Dimmock in 1930.

The world when Billy Minter was born

Billy Minter was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Billy Minter's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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