Willie Imrie

William Noble Imrie (4 March 1908 – 26 December 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half.[3]

Willie Imrie
Personal information
Full name William Noble Imrie
Date of birth 4 March 1908
Place of birth Methil, Scotland
Date of death 26 December 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 36)[1]
Place of death Windygates, Fife, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Right half
Youth career
Dunnikier Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1929 St Johnstone 72 (7)
1929–1933 Blackburn Rovers 165 (23)
1933–1938 Newcastle United 125 (24)
1938–1939 Swansea Town 27 (1)
1939–1940 Swindon Town 2 (0)
Total 391 (55)
International career
1929 Scotland 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Methil, Imrie played club football for St Johnstone, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United,[4] Swansea Town and Swindon Town.[5][6] He made two appearances for Scotland in 1929 whilst a St Johnstone player,[7] and scored one goal against Germany.[8]

He later became a butcher,[5] before joining the British Army's 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards during World War II.[9] He developed cancer whilst on active duty and died in Fife in 1944.[10] One of only five Swindon players who died serving during the war,[9][11] he is included on the club's commemorative plaque unveiled in 2014.[9]

References
  1. "1944 IMRIE, WILLIAM NOBLE (Statutory registers Deaths 447/2 34)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. Season preview 1927/28: St. Johnstone F.C., Athletic News, 1 August 1927, via Play Up Liverpool
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Player Details : William Noble Imrie". Toon1892.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 132.
  6. "Significant Saints". History. St Johnstone F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. "International Saints". History. St Johnstone F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. "Flashback: Scotland's 7 previous trips to Germany". Evening Express (Scotland). Aberdeen. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. Cross, Beren (4 December 2014). "Plaque commemorates Swindon Town's wartime players". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. Carter, Graham (5 June 2009). "Swindon Town's Other War Deaths". SwindonWeb. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  11. "Player profile - Bill IMRIE". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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