Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Frederick Heath | ||
Date of birth | 1869 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1891–1892 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | (4) |
1893–1895 | Woolwich Arsenal (Arsenal FC) | 10 | (5) |
Gravesend United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Frederick, better known as Billy Heath (1869 – after 1895), was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Woolwich Arsenal.[1] He is best known for having scored the first-ever penalty kick awarded in the Football League, doing it so in a match between Wolves and Accrington at Molineux Stadium on 14 September 1891, which Wolves won 5–0.[2]