| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Charles Roost | ||
| Date of birth | (1924-03-22)22 March 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 February 2013(2013-02-10) (aged 88) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1948 | Stonehouse | ||
| 1948–1957 | Bristol Rovers | 177 | (49) |
| 1957–1959 | Swindon Town | 18 | (3) |
| 1960–1963 | Minehead | ||
| Total | 195 | (52) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Charles Roost (22 March 1924 – 10 February 2013) was a professionalfootballer who played as aninside forward inThe Football League forBristol Rovers andSwindon Town.[1]
Roost's footballing career had a late start, due to theSecond World War, eventually making his League debut in 1948 at the age of 24. He previously played forStonehouse inGloucestershire where he was spotted by a Bristol Rovers scout, and he joined Rovers initially as an amateur on 10 September. He was awarded his first professional contract after less than two weeks in Bristol, signing on 23 September.
After making 177 League appearances for Rovers and scoring 49 goals he moved to Swindon Town in 1957, but he played just eighteen League games for them in two years and scored only three goals, all coming in a single game againstShrewsbury Town in December 1957. After an unsuccessful trial withYeovil Town in 1959 he joinednon-League sideMinehead in January 1960 for whom he played 90 times in all competitions and scored 21 times before retiring in 1963.
Following his retirement from football he worked as a foreman in a scaffolding yard, and lived in theWhitehall area ofBristol.