William Thomson (Dundee footballer)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Thomson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1874[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland[1] | ||
Date of death | 12 December 1917 | (aged 43)||
Place of death | Greenock, Scotland[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1891–1892 | Clydemore | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1892–1893 | Dundee Our Boys | ||
1893–1896 | Dundee | 50 | (9) |
1896–1899 | Bolton Wanderers | 45 | (5) |
1899 | Victoria United | ||
1899–1900 | Bristol City | ||
Total | 95 | (14) | |
International career | |||
1896 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Thomson (29 April 1874 – 12 December 1917) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.
Career
[edit]Born in Dundee, Thomson played club football in the Scottish Football League for Dundee,[3][4] and in the English Football League for Bolton Wanderers.[5] He made one appearance for Scotland in 1896.[6][2]
He died in an accident while working as a shipyard engineer during World War I.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b William Thomson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ "Bill Thomson | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 276.
Categories:
- 1874 births
- 1917 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Dundee Our Boys F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Victoria United F.C. (Scotland) players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Footballers from Dundee
- Accidental deaths in Scotland
- Industrial accident deaths
- Scottish football midfielder, 1870s birth stubs