James Wilson (football player, 1866)

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James Wilson
Personnel
birthday circa 1866
place of birth Alexandria ,  Scotland
date of death February 28, 1900
Place of death Alexandria ,  Scotland
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Vale Wanderers
1885-1892 FC Vale of Leven 15 (0)
1893-1894 Third Lanark 7 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1888-1891 Scotland 4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

James Wilson (* around 1866 in Alexandria ; † February 28, 1900 ibid) was a Scottish football goalkeeper .

Career

From 1887 to 1892 Wilson played as a goalkeeper at FC Vale of Leven in his native Alexandria. With the club he reached the Scottish Cup final in 1885 and 1890 , which was lost. He was also part of the squad in six finals for the Dumbartonshire Cup and twice in the final of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup . In the 1893/94 season he played for Third Lanark in the Scottish Football League .

Between 1888 and 1891 Wilson completed four international matches for the Scottish national team . He made his debut on March 10, 1888 in a 5-1 win over Wales at Easter Road . The three other games he played all against England . Wilson played several times in trial matches and in 1891 attended a 9-2 win against the English amateur club Corinthian FC . He was also a selection player for Dumbartonshire on several occasions . Regarding his last international appearance in 1891, the Athletic News correspondent stated: "Wilson was serene in goal and held brilliantly, but on a few occasions he made some very risky shots."

Off the field, Wilson was a sniper with the Dunbartonshire Volunteers and participated in the Queen's Hundred national shooting competition . His main occupation was in printing .

He died on 28 February 1900 at the age of 33 years at a pneumonia , he left his wife and several children. An obituary writes about him: "[he] ranks after McAulay as the greatest Scottish goalkeeper."

Web links

  • James Wilson in the Scottish Football Association database
  • James Wilson in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c DEATH OF EX-INTERNATIONAL GOALKEEPER. . In: Dundee Courier , March 1, 1900, p. 3.  (paid link)
  2. ↑ a b John Litster: A record of pre-war Scottish League players v2 (CD Rom), PM Publications, Norwich 2012
  3. ↑ ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND. ENGLAND JUST WIN. . In: Athletic News , April 6, 1891, p. 5.  (link with costs)
  4. ^ Douglas Lamming: A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986 . Hutton Press, Beverley 1987, ISBN 0-907033-47-4 , pp. 225 .
  5. ↑ SPORTING GOSSIP. . In: Gloucestershire Echo , March 1, 1900, p. 3.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 1866 or 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1900
Place of death Alexandria