Bill Williamson (footballer)

William Mountford Williamson (1887 – 2 August 1918) was an English football outside right who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Stoke.[1]

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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1906–07[2] First Division 300030
1907–08[2] Second Division 500050
Total 8 0 0 0 8 0
Leicester Fosse 1910–11[6] Second Division 200020
Career total 10000100

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. 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. City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 20". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. "Bill Williamson | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". 1 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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