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Will Cearns
Football club chairman

Will Cearns

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Football club chairman
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68 years
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Len Cearns
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William John Cearns also known as Will and Bill (1882 – 19 February, 1950)was a chairman of English football club West Ham United and Managing Director of Wimbledon Stadium.

Football

Cearns was a member of a family which had been associated with West Ham since its 1900 foundation. His father, James "Jimmy" William Y. Cearns, worked for the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and was on the first committee when a works team was formed in 1895. He was then one of the inaugural directors when the team went professional and became West Ham United in 1900. He remained a director until he died in 1934. Will was chairman from 1935 until his death in 1950. Known as "the Cockney millionaire", Cearns was involved in the construction industry and was responsible for the first underground car park in the country. He was also prominent in funding the construction of West Ham's, The Boleyn Ground and a swimming pool in Wanstead High School.

Greyhound racing

Cearns was one of the most significant figures in the early history of greyhound racing. In 1928 the South London Greyhound Racecourses Ltd began construction on Wimbledon Stadium. However financial difficulties halted the project until a consortium headed by Cearns whose firm had been responsible for the construction of the stadium stepped in with sufficient funds to save the project. He became the Managing Director at Wimbledon Stadium until his death in 1950. His son John took over the position and became chairman of the Greyhound Racing Association.

Cearns' achievements were remembered with a race inaugurated in 1950 at Wimbledon called the WJ Cearns Memorial Invitation.

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