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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.
Personal information | |||
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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 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |
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