Bill Williamson (footballer)
| 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 30–31)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Germany[3] | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| North Staffs Normads | |||
| 1906–1908 | Stoke | 8 | (0) |
| 1908–1910 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 1910–1911 | 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.[4]
Career
Williamson began 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 before joining 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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5] He died in captivity on 2 August 1918 and is commemorated on the Cologne Memorial.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1906–07[1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1907–08[1] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 1910–11[6] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ↑ "William Mountford Williamson – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". www.lcfc.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "Bill Williamson | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.