Willie Wiseman

William Wiseman (18 October 1896 – 1981) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee.[1][4][5][6][3] He was capped by Scotland at amateur and full international levels.[7][8]

Willie Wiseman
Personal information
Full name William Wiseman[1]
Date of birth 18 October 1896
Place of birth Turriff, Scotland
Date of death 1981 (aged 84–85)[2]
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1914 Hawthorn
1914 Aberdeen 0 (0)
1914– Hawthorn
0000–1922 Aberdeen University
1922 Aberdeen 0 (0)
1922–1930 Queen's Park 264 (0)
International career
1926–1930 Scotland 2 (0)
1926–1930 Scotland Amateurs 6 (0)
1927 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Wiseman was educated at Fordyce Academy, Portsoy and Aberdeen University and left the latter institution in 1916 to serve in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders.[5][9] During his time on the Western Front, he was gassed, wounded and posted missing for a week.[9] He rose to the rank of captain and also served as a lieutenant in the Tank Corps.[10] After the war, he went to India to assist with the restructuring of the British Indian Army.[5]

After leaving the army, Wiseman completed his studies at Glasgow Technical College and later worked as an Assistant Roads Surveyor for Dunbartonshire Council.[5] He took up a Deputy County Surveyor position in Banffshire in 1930, bringing his senior football days to an end[5][9] – his place in the Queen's Park team was taken by Herbert Dickson who held the position for the next decade. Wiseman also married in 1930 and had one son.[5] He served as a major in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, recruiting and training personnel in Scotland and then working on infrastructure projects.[5]

Honours

Queen's Park

See also

References
  1. "Wiseman, William S." QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. "Player Profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. (Smith 2013, p. 288)
  5. "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). pp. 19–21. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  7. William Wiseman at the Scottish Football Association
  8. "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  10. Willie Wiseman on Lives of the First World War
Sources
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.


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