Willie McAndrew

Willie McAndrew

Personal information
Full name	William McAndrew
Date of birth	3 September 1887
Place of birth	Kirkintilloch, Scotland
Date of death	23 December 1965(1965-12-23) (aged 78)
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1907–1910	Queen's Park	105	(0)
1910–1920	Clyde	158	(0)
1920–1922	Third Lanark	57	(0)
1922–1923	Dundee Hibernian	0	(0)
International career
1911–1912	Scottish Football League XI	3	(0)
Managerial career
1923	Dundee Hibernian (caretaker)
1925–1946	Hamilton Academical
1947	Dunfermline Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William McAndrew (3 September 1887 – 23 December 1965) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He played for Queen's Park, Clyde, Third Lanark and Dundee Hibernian.

Career

During his Clyde career, he played for the club in the 1912 Scottish Cup Final and represented the Scottish League three times. After a spell as caretaker player-manager while with Dundee Hibernian, McAndrew got his first permanent appointment as a manager with Hamilton Academical in 1925. He remained in the role for 21 years, taking the club to the 1935 Scottish Cup Final as well as a fourth place League finish in the same season. He briefly managed Dunfermline Athletic in 1947.

Personal life

McAndrew served in the First World War as a lieutenant in the Glasgow Highlanders and was held as a prisoner of war.