William Davidson (Scottish footballer)

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William Davidson
Personal information
Date of birthc. 1883 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1904–1906 Queen's Park 21 (9)
1906–1910 Falkirk 110 (9)
1910 Airdrieonians 14 (3)
1910–1911 Middlesbrough 16 (0)
1911–1913 Everton 38 (3)
1913–1915 St Mirren 15 (3)
Total204(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Davidson (born c. 1883) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, featuring for Queen's Park, Falkirk, Airdrieonians and St Mirren in the Scottish Football League, and for Middlesbrough and Everton in the English Football League, [2] competing exclusively in the top division of both systems. [3] [4]

He was a member of the Falkirk teams that finished league runners-up in the 1907–08 and 1909–10 seasons, and experienced the same fate with Everton in 1911–12. [5] He came from a well-off background and chose to play as an amateur for much of his career, [1] a freedom which allowed him to join the Pilgrims exhibition team which toured North America in the autumn of 1909 [6] [7] before going back to Falkirk.

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References

  1. Other sources suggest 1888, but this would have made him 15 when starting to play for Queen's Park, not impossible but unlikely.
  1. 1 2 Amateurs, Falkirk Football Historian, 17 March 2014
  2. William Davidson, 11v11.com
  3. William Davidson, Play Up Liverpool
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Davidson Willie Image 1 Everton 1911, Vintage Footballers
  6. Great moments in Philly soccer history: Philadelphia Hibernians beat the Pilgrims, 1909, Ed Farnsworth, The Philly Soccer Page, 11 February 2010
  7. Pilgrims, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 29 August 2017