Bill Paterson (footballer, born 1897)

William Paterson (5 March 1897 – 31 July 1970) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He began his career in Scotland in the 1910s and switched to English football twice. In 1926, he joined the American Soccer League where he led the league in scoring in the fall 1929 season.[1]

For other people with the same name, see William Paterson.

Bill Paterson
Personal information
Full name William Paterson[1]
Date of birth (1897-03-05)5 March 1897[2]
Place of birth Hill of Beath, Scotland
Date of death 31 July 1970(1970-07-31) (aged 73)[2]
Place of death Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Foulford White Rose
Cowdenbeath Wednesday
1914–1920 Cowdenbeath 27 (31)
1916–1917 → Rangers (loan) 5 (3)
1921–1924 Derby County 66 (24)
1924–1925 Cowdenbeath 9 (2)
1925 → Armadale (loan)
1925–1926 Coventry City 40 (25)
1926 Springfield Babes 13 (7)
1926–1927 Fall River F.C. 20 (15)
1927–1928 New Bedford Whalers 48 (28)
1928–1930 Providence F.C. 65 (65)
1930 New Bedford Whalers 20 (21)
1930 Brooklyn Wanderers 13 (5)
1931 Fall River 17 (11)
New York Nationals
Managerial career
Providence Gold Bugs (player-manager)
Cowdenbeath (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Known as either Bill or Willie, Paterson spent time with Cowdenbeath and Rangers in Scotland before moving to Derby County of The Football League in 1921.[4][5][6] He spent two seasons with Derby, where he was relegated from the First Division in 1921, before rejoining Cowdenbeath.[4][7] He also spent time with Armadale.[1] He then played with Coventry City during the 1925–26 season.[7]

In the fall of 1926, he moved to the United States where he signed with the Springfield Babes of the American Soccer League. Paterson played only 13 games of the 1925–26 season with Springfield before jumping to the Fall River F.C., where he was reunited with the Egyptian Tewfik Abdullah with whom he played at Derby County, for 20 games. He did not finish the season with Fall River, but moved to the New Bedford Whalers for seven games. He spent the full 1927–28 season in New Bedford, but was transferred to the Providence Gold Bugs seven games into the 1928–29 season and would serve the club as player-manager.[2] He finished the 1929 fall season as the league's leading scorer with 27 goals in 22 games.[8] In 1930, Paterson began the season with the New Bedford Whalers only to jump to the Brooklyn Wanderers.[9] He then played the fall 1931 season with Fall River.[10]

Personal life

Paterson was the son of football manager Sandy Paterson and played under his father's management at Cowdenbeath.[2] He had a half brother Archie Paterson who was also a footballer.[2] He served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and served overseas before being demobbed in 1919.[2]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 226. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. Stark, Jim (29 May 2018). "Willie Paterson is Hometown Hero 13". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "The lure of promotion. Derby County". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. "Willie Paterson". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. "Rangers Player William Paterson Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "William Paterson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. "The Year in American Soccer – 1929". www.sover.net. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. "Bill Paterson | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
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