William Wallace (footballer, born 1893)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Wallace[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1893[2] | ||
Place of birth | Blaydon-on-Tyne, England | ||
Date of death | 8 November 1917 (aged 23–24)[3] | ||
Place of death | Passchendaele salient, Belgium[4] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Newburn | |||
1912–1914 | Manchester City | 43 | (9) |
1914 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Wallace (1893 – 8 November 1917) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers.[1]
Personal life
In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Wallace enlisted as a sapper in the Royal Engineers.[5] He was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele on 8 November 1917 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.[4][3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 1912–13[6] | First Division | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
1913–14[7] | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
Total | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 9 | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 1914–15[8] | First Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Career total | 45 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 10 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 299. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ William Wallace on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b "William Wallace | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Remembering City's fallen heroes". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "MCFC Matches By Season – Manchester City, Man City History – Bluemoon-MCFC". bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "MCFC Matches By Season – Manchester City, Man City History – Bluemoon-MCFC". bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Blaydon-on-Tyne
- English footballers
- Association football outside forwards
- Newburn F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Engineers soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs