William Edward Garbett (born 14 September 1949) is an English former professional

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who scored 40 goals from 200 appearances in the

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playing on the

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for

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

, Barrow and

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

. He also played

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for Telford United.

Personal life

After his playing career, Garbett was employed at GKN Sankey in

Telford, Shropshire Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern boundary, and near the River Severn. Th ...

before becoming director of a milk delivery company. He was living at

Ketley Ketley is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin of Shropshire, England. It is located between the outlying towns of Oakengates, Telford and Wellington. Residential development East Ketley is currently being r ...

, Telford, in 2008.

References

1949 births Living people People from Dawley English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Telford United F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Shropshire {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub