William Stewart (footballer, born 1875)
William Garven Stewart (7 January 1875 – 30 April 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Garven Stewart[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1875 | ||
| Place of birth | Crosshill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 30 April 1951 (aged 76)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bootle, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1894–1901 | Queen's Park | 7 | (1) |
| 1896 | → St Bernard's (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1901 | Third Lanark | 0 | (0) |
| 1901–1903 | Newcastle United | 37 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1898–1900 | Scotland | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Glasgow, Stewart played club football for Queen's Park (most of his time there being in the period before the club joined the Scottish Football League),[2][3] Third Lanark (appearing in the Scottish Cup only)[4] and Newcastle United, and made two appearances for Scotland.[5] He scored five goals in 41 appearances in all competitions for Newcastle,[6] where he had moved as a result of his profession outside the game as a maritime engineer. He later settled on Merseyside.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ Stewart, William Graham QPFC.com
- ^ Stewart, William S. QPFC.com
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 267.
- ^ "Profile". Toon1892. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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