William 'Bill' Rigby is a former English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer who played as a goalkeeper

Goalkeeper (football)

In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

. He was born in Chester

Chester

Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

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A product of the youth system at his hometown club of Chester

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

, Rigby made his only peacetime first-team appearance for the club in their first post-war match in The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 in a 4–4 draw at York City

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

 on August 31, 1946. After this he was not selected again, with goalkeeping duties being passed on to George Scales and Jim MacLaren.

Earlier he had made appearances for the first-team during the war years, mainly during 1940–41

1940-41 in English football

The 1940–41 season was the second season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Honours:League competition was split into two regional leagues, one North and one South. Many fixtures were unfulfilled and winners were decided on goal average rather than points.-References:...

 and 1941–42

1941-42 in English football

The 1941–42 season was the third season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Overview:Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players...

 while understudy to Bill Shortt

Bill Shortt

Bill Shortt was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Wrexham and was capped 12 times by Wales.-Playing career:...

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