William Maxwell| Personal information |
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| Full name | William Sturrock Maxwell |
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| Date of birth | 21 September 1876 |
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| Place of birth | Arbroath, Scotland |
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| Date of death | 14 July 1940(1940-07-14) (aged 63) |
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| Playing position | Forward |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
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| – | Hearts Strollers | | |
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| 1893–1894 | Arbroath | | |
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| 1894–1895 | Hearts | 1 | (0) |
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| 1894–1895 | Dundee | | |
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| 1895–1901 | Stoke | 153 | (74) |
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| 1901–1902 | Third Lanark | 16 | (10) |
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| 1902–1903 | Sunderland | 7 | (3) |
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| 1903–1905 | Millwall Athletic | 54 | (34) |
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| 1905–1908 | Bristol City | 120 | (58) |
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| Total | | 351 | (179) |
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| National team |
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| 1902 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
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| Teams managed |
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| 1910–1913 | Belgium |
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| 1920–1938 | Belgium |
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| 1937–1938 | Cercle Brugge |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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William Sturrock Maxwell (21 September 1876 – 14 July 1940) was a Scottish professional footballer and amateur cricketer.[1][2]
Born in Arbroath, he played for hometown club Arbroth, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Stoke, Sunderland, Third Lanark and Bristol City. He also gained one cap for the Scotland national team.[3] He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1901–02 season,[4] and later, while at Bristol City, he was the Second Division topscorer with 27 goals in the 1905–06 season.[5] Maxwell later coached the Belgian national team.[3]
Football career
Maxwell began his career with Hearts Strollers, Arbroath, Heart of Midlothian and Dundee and he almost signed for Stoke in the summer of 1894.[2] Maxwell was a solicitor's clerk in Dundee and he wanted the security of a similar position in Stoke-upon-Trent.[2] It took a year before he signed for Stoke in the summer of 1895.[2] He became a vital member of a struggling Stoke side and was the teams main supply of goals.[2] He top scored in five successive seasons (1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99 1899–1900 and 1900–01) and after scoring 84 goals in 170 matches Stoke decided to cash in on their most valued player selling him to Third Lanark for £250.
Maxwell went on to Sunderland, Millwall Athletic and Bristol City where he continued his career. Maxwell retired in 1909 and moved to Belgium to move in to management.[6][7][8]
Cricket career
Outside of football, Maxwell played a single cricket match for Staffordshire in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset.[9] In Staffordshires' first innings, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Hubert Greenhill, becoming one of Greenhill's 8 victims in the innings. In their second innings, he opened the batting, scoring 18 unbeaten runs.[10]
Career statistics
Honours
- with Bristol City
References
External links
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| Name |
Maxwell, William |
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| Short description |
Scottish footballer |
| Date of birth |
21 September 1876 |
| Place of birth |
Arbroath, Scotland |
| Date of death |
14 July 1940 |
| Place of death |
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