Willie Stewart

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Willie Stewart

Personal information
Date of birth	(1870-02-11)11 February 1870
Place of birth	Coupar Angus, Scotland
Date of death	July 1945 (aged 74–75)
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
000	Dundee Our Boys	?	(?)
000?–1890	Warwick County	?	(?)
1890–1895	Newton Heath	74	(5)
1895–1898	Luton Town	30	(10)
1898–1899	Millwall Athletic	38	(6)
1899–1900	Luton Town	15	(0)
1900	Thames Ironworks	16	(0)
1900–?	Dundee	?	(?)
Total		119	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William S. "Willie" Stewart (11 February 1872 – July 1945) was a Scottish footballer who was born in Coupar Angus. He played as an inside forward before switching to his favoured half back position. He joined Newton Heath from Warwick County in July 1889. At Newton Heath, which was renamed Manchester United in 1902, he scored a goal in the club's first Football Alliance match against Sunderland Albion on 21 September 1889. On 7 April 1890, he scored Newton Heath's first ever hat-trick against Small Heath. In the 1892-93 season, he helped the club gain League status. After scoring 23 goals in 149 appearances for the Heathens, he left the club in May 1895 for Luton Town. At the end of the career, he joined Thames Ironworks.