# Willie Groves

> Patrick William Groves was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Hibernian, Celtic, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Scotland. He is known for being the first player to be transferred for more than £100, or roughly half the average price of a house at the time, becoming the first official record holder for the most expensive transfer ever. The record-setting transfer was from West Bromwich Albion F.C. to Aston Villa F.C. in 1893 for exactly £100. Three years later, in 1896, Groves' record was broken when Fred Wheldon was transferred to Aston Villa F.C. from Small Heath Alliance for between £350 and £500.

*Scottish footballer (1868–1908)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/willie-groves

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Born:** 1869-11-09
- **Died:** 1908-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.7 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Віллі Гровз](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B7)
- [فيلي غروفز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B2)
- [فيلى جروفز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B2)
- [Willie Groves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Groves)
- [Willie Groves](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Groves)
- [Willie Groves](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Groves)
- [Willie Groves](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Groves)
- [Гроувз, Уилли](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B7%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [วิลลี โกรฟส์](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4150433)

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