William Lindsay (Scottish footballer)
William Whitehill Lindsay (1886 – 1976) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, mainly for Morton where he was a regular in Scottish Division One for seven seasons.[2] During that period the Greenock club usually finished towards the bottom of the league table – they were 17th of 18 teams in 1908–09 and 1909–10, though improved to 6th place in 1911–12.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Whitehill Lindsay | ||
| Place of birth | Johnstone, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1976 (aged 89–90)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1914 | Morton | 186 | (42) |
| 1913–1914 | → Glentoran | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His younger brother James was also a footballer; the siblings played for Belfast club Glentoran when they won the Irish Cup in 1914 (both scoring in the final), followed by the international Vienna Cup.[1][3]
References
- One Saturday Before The War: How two Scottish brothers fill in blanks of history-making team, Clive Lindsay, BBC Sport, 11 December 2022
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Cup Final Heroes- Willie Lindsay, Glentoran FC, 22 April 2015
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