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Willie McLaren (1930s footballer)

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Willie McLaren
Personal information
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Shettleston
1931–1936 Hamilton Academical 138 (33)
1936–1938 St Johnstone 43 (15)
1938–1939 Morton 4 (3)
Total 185 (49)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William McLaren was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right for Hamilton Academical, St Johnstone and Morton.[1][2]

He played the bulk of his career with Hamilton, and was converted from a centre forward in his first season there after joining from junior team Shettleston with a reputation as a goalscorer.[1] He appeared for Accies in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which ended in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers.[3] Later that year he saved a penalty in a match against Clyde after goalkeeper Jimmy Morgan was sent off.[4][1] A notable feat a few years earlier was scoring four times in a 5–0 Scottish Football League win over Dundee United in April 1932.[5][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e McLaren, Willie (1931), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ^ McGilvray, Andy (14 April 2010). "75 years since Accies' Scottish Cup final against Rangers". Daily Record. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Clyde Miss Chances at Hamilton, The Glasgow Herald, 4 November 1935
  5. ^ McLaren Scores Four Goals, The Glasgow Herald, 18 April 1932