Findlay Weir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Findlay Weir[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Lenzie, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | 9 July 1918 (aged 29)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Brighton, England[4] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[5] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1905 | Campvale | ||
| 1905–1906 | Waverley | ||
| 1906–1909 | Maryhill | ||
| 1909–1911 | The Wednesday | 71 | (1) |
| 1912–1915 | Tottenham Hotspur | 96 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Findlay Weir (18 April 1889 – 9 July 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half for The Wednesday and Tottenham Hotspur in the Football League.
Early life
[edit]Weir was born on 18 April 1889 in Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, the son of William and Mary Weir, his father was a dairyman.[2] In 1901, Weir was described as an apprentice engine fitter.[2]
Career
[edit]A wing half, Weir began his career in Scottish junior football, before joining Maryhill in 1906.[4][6] He moved to England to join First Division club The Wednesday in May 1909 and made 72 appearances, scoring one goal, before moving to fellow top-flight club Tottenham Hotspur in May 1912.[4] Over the course of the following three seasons, Weir made 101 appearances and scored two goals before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the First World War.[4]
Personal life
[edit]In early 1915, during the first year of the First World War, Weir enlisted as a sapper in the Royal Engineers and was posted to the Western Front in November that year.[4] By January 1916, he had risen to the rank of sergeant and was wounded later that year.[4] By mid-1918, Weir was based at Royal Engineers Demolition Training Depot in Newark-on-Trent.[4] He died at 2nd Eastern General Hospital in Brighton on 9 July 1918 and was buried in Lambhill Cemetery, Glasgow.[4][3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| The Wednesday | 1909–10[4] | First Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1910–11[4] | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 1911–12[4] | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1912–13[4] | First Division | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 1913–14[4] | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15[4] | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 96 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 167 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 173 | 3 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c 1901 United Kingdom census, 84 Bardowie Street, Glasgow. RG13.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Findlay Weir". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Goodwin, Bob (2017). The Spurs Alphabet. Lulu.com. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
- ^ "Weir Findlay Sheffield Wednesday 1910". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- 1889 births
- 1918 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Glasgow
- English Football League players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Men's association football wing halves
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Maryhill F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Engineers soldiers