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]
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