Bill Devan
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Gemmell Devan | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Whitletts, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 12 December 1966 | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Paddington, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1929 | Ayr United | 2 | (0) |
1929–1931 | Ards | ||
1931 | Sanquhar | ||
1931–193x | Coleraine | ||
193x–1933 | Linfield | ||
1933–1938 | Watford | 90 | (33) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Gemmell Devan (23 February 1909 – 12 December 1966) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as an inside forward in the English Football League, Scottish Football League[2] and Irish Football League. He played four games, scoring once, during Watford's run in the 1937 Football League Third Division South Cup, but did not play in the final itself.[3] He retired due to injury in 1938, but returned to Watford as a coach in 1958.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Watford. Greater thrust in attack needed". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. Watford Football Club. pp. 90–99. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.
- ^ Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 70. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1966 deaths
- Footballers from Ayr
- Scottish Football League players
- NIFL Premiership players
- English Football League players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Ards F.C. players
- Coleraine F.C. players
- Linfield F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Watford F.C. non-playing staff
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1900s birth stubs