Willie Porteous
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Porteous | ||
Date of birth | 13 November 1878[1] | ||
Place of birth | Wamphray, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 9 April 1962 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Bangour, Scotland[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Vale of Grange | |||
1899 | Bo'ness | ||
1899–1904 | Heart of Midlothian | 69 | (31) |
1904–1905 | Portsmouth | ||
1905–1907 | Falkirk | 13 | (4) |
International career | |||
1903 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Porteous (13 November 1878 - 9 April 1962) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Dumfriesshire but raised in Linlithgow, he played club football for Heart of Midlothian,[2] Portsmouth and Falkirk[3] and was a Scottish Cup winner with Hearts in 1901 in which he scored,[4] as well as a losing finalist in 1903 where he missed a good scoring opportunity.[1][5]
Porteous made one appearance for Scotland in 1903.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ "Bill Porteous". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ a b Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 239.
- ^ Porteous Willie Image 1 Heart of Midlothian 1902, Vintage Footballers
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Categories:
- 1878 births
- 1962 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway
- Footballers from West Lothian
- Sportspeople from Linlithgow
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Bo'ness F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- Scottish Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- 19th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1870s birth stubs