Bill Williamson (footballer)

Bill Williamson
Personal information
Full name William Mountford Williamson[1]
Date of birth 1887[1]
Place of birth Longton, England[1]
Date of death 2 August 1918 (aged 3031)[2]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
North Staffs Normads
1906–1908 Stoke 8 (0)
1908-1910 Crewe Alexandra
1910 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
1911 Stoke 0 (0)
Wellington Town
Total 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William Mountford "Bill" Williamson (1887 – 2 August 1918) was an English football outside right who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Stoke.[3]

Career

Williamson started his career at local amateur club North Staffs Normads before joining Football League side Stoke in 1906.[1] He spent two years at Stoke and made just eight appearances and joined Crewe Alexandra in 1910.[1] After another two years at Crewe he re-entered League football with Leicester Fosse but made just two appearances.[1] He re-joined Stoke in 1911 but failed to gain a place in the first team and joined Wellington Town.[1]

Personal life

Prior to the First World War, Williamson enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders.[4] He was in Egypt with his battalion when the war broke out in August 1914 and after a brief spell back in the UK, the battalion was deployed on the Western Front two months later.[4] Williamson saw action at the First Battle of Ypres and was wounded in the left hand, left knee and taken prisoner of war by Germany.[4] He died in captivity on 2 August 1918 and is commemorated on the Cologne Memorial.[5]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1906–07 300030
1907–08 500050
Leicester Fosse 1910–11 200020
Career Total 10000100

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/william-williamson-service-record/. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
  4. 1 2 3 City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  5. Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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