Career
Before playing for Villa he played for Aston Shakespeare. Garraty was capped once by England appearing in a game against Wales in 1903. Billy Garraty became a first team regular in the 1899/1900 season as Aston Villa retained their title thanks to his 27 league goals - only Pongo Waring scored more in a single season.
During his time at Villa Billy was regarded as one of the great utility players of the game despite his ability to score goals.
In 1906 Garraty lost his place in the Villa line up and made only a handful of appearances before signing for Leicester Fosse in 1908. Garraty failed to find the Netto in six appearances and the Foxes suffered relegation at the end of the season.
The remainder of Garraty"s league career was spent in the second division with two years at West Bromwich Albion followed by his final season before retirement in 1910/11 with Lincoln City. Garraty is the great-great grandfather of Irish-English football player Jack Grealish, who currently plays for Aston Villa.