Willie Taylor (footballer)
Scottish footballer (died 1949)
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Full name | William Kay Taylor | ||
Date of birth | (1869-11-30)30 November 1869 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 December 1948(1948-12-24) (aged 79) | ||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1888 | Dalry Primrose | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1888–1900 | Heart of Midlothian | 119 | (62) |
1890 | → St Bernard's (guest) | ||
1893[1] | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 10 | (1) |
1900–1901 | Leith Athletic | 10 | (1) |
1902–1903 | Barholm Rovers | ||
International career | |||
1892 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Kay Taylor (30 November 1869 – 24 December 1948), also known as Cocky Taylor, was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team.[2][3][4][5]
Taylor finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1896–97 season with 12 goals[6] as Hearts won the championship. He also won the Scottish Cup with the Edinburgh club in 1891 and 1896, but only played once in their other title-winning campaign of 1894–95.[7]
References
- ^ Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
- ^ Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ (Scotland player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Mitchell, Andy (7 June 2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939. Dunblane: self-published. p. 120. ISBN 979-8513846642.
- ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
- ^ (Hearts player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
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Scottish league football top division top scorers
- 1891: Bell
- 1892: Bell
- 1893: Campbell / McMahon
- 1894: McMahon
- 1895: J. Miller
- 1896: Martin
- 1897: Taylor
- 1898: Hamilton
- 1899: Hamilton
- 1900: Hamilton / Michael
- 1901: Hamilton
- 1902: Maxwell
- 1903: D. Reid
- 1904: Hamilton
- 1905: Hamilton / Quinn
- 1906: Quinn
- 1907: Quinn
- 1908: Simpson
- 1909: Hunter
- 1910: Quinn
- 1911: W. Reid
- 1912: W. Reid
- 1913: J. Reid
- 1914: J. Reid
- 1915: Gracie / Richardson
- 1916: McColl
- 1917: Yarnall
- 1918: H. Ferguson
- 1919: McLean
- 1920: H. Ferguson
- 1921: H. Ferguson
- 1922: Walker
- 1923: White
- 1924: Halliday
- 1925: Devlin
- 1926: Devlin
- 1927: McGrory
- 1928: McGrory
- 1929: Morrison
- 1930: Yorston
- 1931: Battles
- 1932: MacFadyen
- 1933: MacFadyen
- 1934: Smith
- 1935: Smith
- 1936: McGrory
- 1937: Wilson
- 1938: Black
- 1939: Venters
- 1976: Dalglish
- 1977: Pettigrew
- 1978: Johnstone
- 1979: Ritchie
- 1980: Somner
- 1981: McGarvey
- 1982: McCluskey
- 1983: Nicholas
- 1984: McClair
- 1985: McDougall
- 1986: McCoist
- 1987: McClair
- 1988: Coyne
- 1989: McGhee / Nicholas
- 1990: Robertson
- 1991: Coyne
- 1992: McCoist
- 1993: McCoist
- 1994: Hateley
- 1995: Coyne
- 1996: Van Hooijdonk
- 1997: Cadete
- 1998: Negri
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