Dougie Wilkie
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Douglas James Wilkie[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Pollok, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Eastercraigs | |||
Fernhill Athletic | |||
Queen's Park | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1979 | Queen's Park | 106 | (13) |
1979 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Douglas James Wilkie (born 25 September 1956) is a Scottish retired football left winger who made over 100 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][2][3]
His career was ended abruptly just after he joined Dundee United in 1979 when he was left paralysed from the waist from injury in the Invergowrie rail accident. He became a coach and scout,[4] and founded a youth training academy with sons Ryan[5][6] and Kyle, both of whom also became footballers.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish Football Historical Archive – Scottish League appearance records – W". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Tragedy to triumph for former Dundee United star paralysed in Tayside rail crash on way to join his team-mates, Graeme Strachan, The Courier, 26 October 2019
- ^ Soccer Superboy Makes Dad's Dream Come True; Ryan is set to fulfil the tragic star's ambition, Sunday Mirror (London, England), 17 February 2002; via The Free Library
- ^ Whole family get a transfer, Liverpool Echo, 30 August 2002
- ^ The Academy, The W Academy. Retrieved 1 October 2023