William Jackson Atherton (4 May 1905 – 1976) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

for

Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club, sometimes abbreviated as BPA AFC, is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in , at the eighth tier of the English football league ...

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

and

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replaced Halifax Town, who went i ...

Personal life

He married Marjorie Cure in

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

in 1933. They had two children.

Ancestry

He a direct descendant of Gawain Atherton. His distant Atherton relatives include the American historian

Lewis Eldon Atherton Lewis Eldon Atherton (March 1, 1905 – March 25, 1989) was an American historian and academic from Missouri. He taught at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, for over 30 years. Early life Atherton was born on March 1, 1905, in the ...

and politician,

Gibson Atherton Gibson Atherton (January 19, 1831 – November 10, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1879 to 1883. Early life He was the son of John Trueman Atherton (1799-1882) and Clarissa Ackley (1 ...

. He is related to

Bobby Atherton Robert Atherton (29 July 1876 – 19 October 1917) was a Welsh footballer who played as a half back and forward for Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Middlesbrough and Chelsea in the late 1890s and early 1900s. He was capped by Wales at in ...

and

Tommy Atherton Thomas Henry Atherton (8 January 1879 – 1955) was an English professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Dundee and St Bernard's as an outside right. He also played in England for Brentford, Tot ...

References

1905 births 1976 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Footballers from Bradford 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub