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Willie Wilson
Personal information
Full name William Dickson Wilson
Date of birth 7 September 1900
Place of birth Port Seton, Scotland
Date of death 24 June 1973(1973-06-24) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Innerleithen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Musselburgh Bruntonians
1923–1925 Peebles Rovers 51 (0)
1925–1929 Newcastle United 127 (0)
1929–1934 Millwall 148 (0)
1935–1936 Dunfermline Athletic 5 (0)
1936–1937 Peebles Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Dickson Wilson (7 September 1900 – 24 June 1973) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Peebles Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Football League[2] and for Newcastle United and Millwall in the English Football League.

He became the regular Newcastle goalkeeper immediately after joining the Magpies in 1925 and won the league title in the 1926–27 season, in which he was ever-present (42 matches, part of a sequence of 120 consecutive appearances).[1][3] He lost his place to Mick Burns at the end of 1928 and moved on to second-tier Millwall where he spent five years, departing when the Lions were relegated following the 1933–34 season.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c William "Willie" Wilson, Toon1892. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ^ Willie Wilson, 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Wilson Willie Image 1 Newcastle United 1927, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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