William Stewart (footballer, born 1875)

William Garven Stewart (7 January 1875 – 30 April 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.

Willie Stewart
Personal information
Full name William Garven Stewart[1]
Date of birth 7 January 1875
Place of birth Crosshill, Scotland
Date of death 30 April 1951(1951-04-30) (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Bootle, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1901 Queen's Park 7 (1)
1896 → St Bernard's (loan) 0 (0)
1901 Third Lanark 0 (0)
1901–1903 Newcastle United 37 (5)
International career
1898–1900 Scotland 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Glasgow, Stewart played club football for Queen's Park (most of his time there being in the period before the club joined the Scottish Football League),[2][3] Third Lanark (appearing in the Scottish Cup only)[4] and Newcastle United, and made two appearances for Scotland.[5] He scored five goals in 41 appearances in all competitions for Newcastle,[6] where he had moved as a result of his profession outside the game as a maritime engineer. He later settled on Merseyside.[1]

References
  1. Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. Stewart, William Graham QPFC.com
  3. Stewart, William S. QPFC.com
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 267.
  6. "Profile". Toon1892. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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