Complex sentence: William "Billy"/ "Billie" G. Simpson was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s, playing at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 166), as a, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Split into simpler sentences: William "Billy"/ "Billie" G. Simpson was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 166), as a, i.e. number 2 or 5.