William Lindsay (Scottish footballer)

William Lindsay
Personal information
Full name William Whitehill Lindsay
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death 1976 (aged 89–90)[1]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1914 Morton 186 (42)
1913–1914 → Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Whitehill Lindsay (1886 – 1976) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, mainly for Morton where he was a regular in Scottish Division One for seven seasons.[2] During that period the Greenock club usually finished towards the bottom of the league table – they were 17th of 18 teams in 1908–09 and 1909–10, though improved to 6th place in 1911–12.

His younger brother James was also a footballer; the siblings played for Belfast club Glentoran when they won the Irish Cup in 1914 (both scoring in the final), followed by the international Vienna Cup.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b One Saturday Before The War: How two Scottish brothers fill in blanks of history-making team, Clive Lindsay, BBC Sport, 11 December 2022
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ^ Cup Final Heroes- Willie Lindsay, Glentoran FC, 22 April 2015


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