Willie Wiseman

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Willie Wiseman
Personal information
Full name William Wiseman[1]
Date of birth 18 October 1896
Place of birth Turriff, Scotland
Date of death 1981 (aged 84–85)[2]
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1914 Hawthorn
1914 Aberdeen 0 (0)
1914– Hawthorn
0000–1922 Aberdeen University
1922 Aberdeen 0 (0)
1922–1930 Queen's Park 264 (0)
International career
1926–1930 Scotland 2 (0)
1926–1930 Scotland Amateurs 6 (0)
1927 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Wiseman (18 October 1896 – 1981) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee.[1][4][5][6][3] He was capped by Scotland at amateur and full international levels.[7][8]

Personal life[edit]

Wiseman was educated at Fordyce Academy and Aberdeen University and left the latter institution in 1916 to serve in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders.[5] During his time on the Western Front, he was gassed, wounded and posted missing for a week.[5] He rose to the rank of captain and also served as a lieutenant in the Tank Corps.[9] After the war, he went to India to assist with the restructuring of the British Indian Army.[5]

After leaving the army, Wiseman completed his studies at Glasgow Technical College and later worked as an Assistant Roads Surveyor for Dunbartonshire Council.[5] He took up a Deputy County Surveyor position in Banffshire in 1930, which brought his senior football career to an end.[5] Wiseman also married in 1930 and had one son.[5] He served as a major in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, recruiting and training personnel at Redford Barracks and then working on infrastructure projects Iceland and Cardiff.[5] After retiring from his role as County Roads Surveyor with Banffshire Council, Wiseman retired to Edinburgh.[5]

Honours[edit]

Queen's Park

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wiseman, William S." QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. ^ Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ a b "William Wiseman". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 288)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 1" (PDF). pp. 19–21. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  7. ^ William Wiseman at the Scottish Football Association Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. ^ Willie Wiseman on Lives of the First World War
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