Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1900)
William Dickson Wilson (7 September 1900 – 24 June 1973) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Peebles Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Football League[2] and for Newcastle United and Millwall in the English Football League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Dickson Wilson | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Seton, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 June 1973 (aged 72)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Innerleithen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Musselburgh Bruntonians | |||
| 1923–1925 | Peebles Rovers | 51 | (0) |
| 1925–1929 | Newcastle United | 127 | (0) |
| 1929–1934 | Millwall | 148 | (0) |
| 1935–1936 | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | (0) |
| 1936–1937 | Peebles Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He became the regular Newcastle goalkeeper immediately after joining the Magpies in 1925 and won the league title in the 1926–27 season, in which he was ever-present (42 matches, part of a sequence of 120 consecutive appearances).[1][3] He lost his place to Mick Burns at the end of 1928 and moved on to second-tier Millwall where he spent five years, departing when the Lions were relegated following the 1933–34 season.[4]
References
- William "Willie" Wilson, Toon1892. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Willie Wilson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- Wilson Willie Image 1 Newcastle United 1927, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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