Willie Lennie
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Lennie | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 23 August 1954 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Maryhill | |||
1901–1902 | Queen's Park | 6 | (0) |
1902–1903 | Rangers | 5 | (2) |
1903–1904 | Dundee | 16 | (7) |
1904–1905 | Fulham | 17 | (3) |
1905–1913 | Aberdeen | 228 | (61) |
1913–1914 | Falkirk | 15 | (2) |
1914–1915 | St Johnstone | 5 | (2) |
Total | 292 | (77) | |
International career | |||
1908 | Scotland[1] | 2 | (1) |
1910 | Scottish League XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Willie Lennie (26 January 1882 – 23 August 1954) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Queen's Park, Rangers, Dundee, Fulham and Aberdeen.[3]
Lennie joined Aberdeen from Fulham in 1905 and spent eight years with the club, becoming the first Aberdeen player to play for Scotland in 1908.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park | 1901–02 | Scottish Division One | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Rangers | 1901–02 | Scottish Division One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1902–03 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
Dundee | 1903–04 | Scottish Division One | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 |
Fulham | 1904–05 | SFL / WFL | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17+ | 3+ |
Aberdeen | 1905–06 | Scottish Division One | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
1906–07 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
1907–08 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 11 | ||
1908–09 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | ||
1909–10 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | ||
1910–11 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 7 | ||
1911–12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 9 | ||
1912–13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
Total | 228 | 61 | 24 | 5 | 252 | 66 | ||
Falkirk | 1913–14 | Scottish Division One | 15 | 2 | - | - | 15+ | 2+ |
St Johnstone | 1914–15 | Scottish Division Two | 5 | 2 | - | - | 5+ | 2+ |
Career total | 292 | 77 | 32+ | 7+ | 324+ | 84+ |
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Scotland | 1908 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 1 |
International goals
[edit]Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lennie goal
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1 | 7 March 1908 | Dens Park, Dundee | Wales | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1907–08 British Home Championship | [10] |
References
[edit]- ^ "[Scotland player] William Lennie". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "[SFL player] Willie Lennie". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ "Willie Lennie". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Rangers Player William Lennie Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Willie Lennie". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Willie Lennie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (2 March 2023). "Scotland - International Matches 1901-1910". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
External links
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Categories:
- 1882 births
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Men's association football wingers
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Maryhill F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scotland men's junior international footballers
- 1954 deaths
- Scottish football biography stubs