Willie Paul (footballer)

Not to be confused with William Paul (footballer, born 1868).

William Paul (7 February 1866 – 23 October 1911) was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle and Scotland as a centre forward.

Willie Paul

Personal information
Date of birth	7 February 1866
Place of birth	Partick, Scotland[1]
Date of death	23 October 1911(1911-10-23) (aged 45)[1]
Place of death	Govan, Scotland
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1884–1901	Partick Thistle	106	(73)
1890	→ Queen's Park (loan)	0	(0)
International career
1888–1890	Scotland	3	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Paul featured for Partick Thistle across three decades, with his statistics in competitive matches for the club standing at 127 goals in 218 appearances.^[1] As an amateur, he was free to play for other teams and assisted Queen's Park on several occasions,^[2] particularly in the 1890–91 season,^[3] also playing for the Clydesdale Harriers (today purely an athletics club but in that era also involved in football, its members including several of the west of Scotland's leading players).^[4][5]

He was capped three times by Scotland and scored five goals^[6] (including four in one match in 1890).^[1]

Personal life

Paul also worked as a shipwright at the Glasgow dockyards.^[1] He died in 1911, at age 45, from an appendix-related ailment.^[1] He was buried in the Western Necropolis in Maryhill.^[1]

See also

• List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks