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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 30–31)[2]
Place of death Germany[3]
Position(s) 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. ^ a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "William Mountford Williamson – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
  5. ^ a b c City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". www.lcfc.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Bill Williamson | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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