Career
Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, he first played for his local side Boston Town before moving to Royal Arsenal in 1889, following a match between the two on Good Friday of that year. He became club captain in 1890, and was still captain when Arsenal turned professional in 1891. Bill Julian became the first British ladies team coach in 1895.
However, he was replaced as Arsenal captain in October 1891 by new arrival Sandy Robertson (who had previously played for Preston North End"s 1888-1889 Double-winning side), and although assured of a place in the first team, he decided to step down to the reserves.
In the summer of 1892, he moved to Luton Town, to become the club"s captain and coach. He left Tottenham in 1895, and finished his career at Dartford.
However he remained local to Woolwich Arsenal and later opened a sports shop in Plumstead. Among the clubs he coached for were MVV, VVV, PSV and HFC Haarlem, and he was head coach at first Harvard Business School and then Feijenoord between 1921 and 1922.
He left Feijenoord after the club were unable to pay his wages.
He trained at Willem II, GVAV, Be Quick 1887 and North.E.C. before he returned to England in 1940 to live in Enfield, London. The three were reunited at an Arsenal game against Chelsea on 20 March 1948 (by which time Arsenal were one of the leading sides in English football), an event recorded in The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal.