Bill Williamson (footballer)

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Bill Williamson
Personal information
Full name William Mountford Williamson[1]
Date of birth 1887[2]
Place of birth Longton, England[2]
Date of death 2 August 1918 (aged 30–31)[3]
Place of death Hamelin, Germany[4]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
North Staffs Normads
1906–1908 Stoke 8 (0)
1908–1910 Crewe Alexandra
1910–1911 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
1911 Stoke 0 (0)
Wellington Town
Total 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Mountford Williamson (1887 – 2 August 1918) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Stoke as an outside right.

Career[edit]

Williamson began his career at local amateur club North Staffs Normads, before joining First Division club Stoke in 1906.[2] He made just 8 appearances during two years at the Victoria Ground and transferred to Birmingham & District League club Crewe Alexandra in 1910, with whom he spent a further two years.[2] Williamson re-entered League football with Leicester Fosse in 1910, but made just two appearances.[2] He re-joined Stoke in 1911, but failed to gain a place in the first team and left to join Wellington Town.[2]

Personal life[edit]

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.[3][4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1906–07[2] First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1907–08[2] 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[edit]

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Peter (9 November 2018). "The heroic and tragic stories of the 21 names Stoke City honoured in Remembrance". stokesentinel. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". Leicester City. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Bill Williamson | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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