Billy Gilligan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Anderson Gilligan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1876[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1914 (aged 37–38)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing Half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | East Craigie[2] | ||
| 1898 | Dundee | 4 | (0) |
| 1898 | Derby County | ||
| 1898–1899 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 7 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Anderson Gilligan (1876–1914) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Dundee and in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.[3][4]
He was one of four brothers who were professional footballers, the others being Sandy, Sam and John.[5][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Billy Gilligan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ 'We want to be here for another 140 years': East Craigie JFC celebrate milestone anniversary, Evening Telegraph, 15 February 2020
- ^ "Willie Gilligan | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Brown, John. "Blether with Brown: Three Gilligans turned out for Dundee — Sandy, William and Sam". The Courier. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Kenneth Campbell's life story – Part IV, The Weekly News, 28 May 1921, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Personalia – Sam Gilligan, Liverpool F.C., Joint Everton and Liverpool Match Programme, 15 October 1910, via Play Up Liverpool
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- 1876 births
- 1914 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Dundee
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football wing halves
- Dundee F.C. players
- East Craigie F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- 19th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1870s birth stubs