Facts:   - clubs: crook town stoke city stockport county rotherham united    - caps: 3 6 0    - position: forward    - years: -- 1930 -- 1931 1931 1932      - birth date: 1907    - fullname: william burns    - name: billy burns    - birth place: durham , england    - goals: 2 0 0   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of billy burns -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
Answer:
william `` billy '' burns -lrb- 1907 -- `` unknown '' -rrb- was a footballer who played in the football league for stockport county and stoke city .