Billy Morrison (footballer)

Billy Morrison
Personal information
Date of birth 25 June 1879
Place of birth West Benhar, Scotland[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
–1898 East Lanarkshire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1902 West Calder Swifts
1902–1904 St Bernard's 44 (1)
1904–1908 Fulham 122 (8)
1908–1910 Glossop
1910–1912 Clyde 35 (5)
1912–1916 Raith Rovers 72 (4)
1915 → St Bernard's (loan) 2 (0)
1915–1916 → Morton (loan) 36 (0)
1916–1919 Morton 67 (2)
1919–1920 Falkirk
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Morrison (25 June 1879 – unconfirmed) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a midfielder (either right half or centre-half)[1] for various British clubs.[2]

He played for Fulham between 1904 and 1908, the period when they won the Southern Football League twice and were elected to the Football League, making 142 appearances and scoring nine goals for the club in all competitions.[3] After returning to Scotland he appeared on the losing side in two consecutive Scottish Cup finals: in 1912, Clyde selected Morrison at centre forward to little effect as they lost 2–0 to Celtic,[4] while in 1913 he was on defensive duties as Raith lost to Falkirk by the same scoreline.[5] In his spell with Morton during the First World War (during which the Scottish Football League's top division continued to be contested), the Greenock club finished inside the top four places in four successive seasons, including runners-up to Celtic in 1916–17.

References

  1. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  2. ^ Billy Morrison at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ Turner, Dennis (2007). Fulham : the complete record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1.
  4. ^ Association Football. Celtic Supreme., The Glasgow Herald, 8 April 1912
  5. ^ "Association Football. Falkirk, 2; Raith Rovers, 0. Scottish Cup—Final tie". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1913. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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