Bill Williamson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1887[1] Longton, England[1] |
| Died |
2 August 1918 (aged 30–31)[2] Hamelin, Germany[3] |
William Mountford Williamson (1887 – 2 August 1918) was an English football outside right who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Stoke.[4]
Career[]
Williamson began his career at local amateur club North Staffs Normads before joining Football League side Stoke in 1906.[1] He spent two years at Stoke and made just eight appearances before joining Crewe Alexandra in 1910.[1] After another two years at Crewe he re-entered League football with Leicester Fosse but made just two appearances.[1] He re-joined Stoke in 1911, but failed to gain a place in the first team and joined Telford United .[1]
Personal life[]
Prior to the First World War, Williamson enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders.[5] He was in Egypt with his battalion when the war broke out in August 1914 and after a brief spell back in the UK, the battalion was deployed on the Western Front two months later.[5] Williamson saw action at the First Battle of Ypres and was wounded in the left hand, left knee and taken prisoner of war by Germany.[5] He died of Spanish flu at Hamelin prisoner of war camp on 2 August 1918 and is commemorated on the Cologne Memorial.[2][3]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1906–07[1] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1907–08[1] | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Leicester Fosse | 1910–11[6] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/331133/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Peter (9 November 2018). "The heroic and tragic stories of the 21 names Stoke City honoured in Remembrance". https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-world-war-one-2199915.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/leicester-fosse-and-the-first-world-war-part-20-2462780.aspx. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bill Williamson | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". 1 June 2016. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/players?pid=949. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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