William Rose

Rose began his career with Small Heath, Swindon Town, Swifts, Swindon Victoria, Corinthian, Preston North End, Warwick County, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Loughborough Town. He won the FA Cup once and was runner-up twice. He earned five caps for England between 1884 and 1891.

Born in Euston, Middlesex, Rose was the eldest of three sons; their father was a carpenter, a trade which Rose also later practiced. The family later moved to Aston in Birmingham. He married in August 1886; his wife died by the end of the year. He had a second marriage in September 1896, and four children.

By 1891 he was the hotel manager of a pub in Wolverhampton, where his younger brother was a barman. By 1901 he was a 'beerhouse keeper' in Crewe, and by 1911 he was the manager of a pub in Birmingham. He also worked as a tobacconist in Bordesley. He slipped outside of a shop and died on 2 February 1937, age 75.