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Findlay Weir
Personal information
Full name William Findlay Weir[1]
Date of birth (1889-04-18)18 April 1889
Place of birth Lenzie, Scotland[2]
Date of death 9 July 1918(1918-07-09) (aged 29)[3]
Place of death Brighton, England[4]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[5]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1905 Campvale
1905–1906 Waverley
1906–1909 Maryhill
1909–1911 The Wednesday 71 (1)
1912–1915 Tottenham Hotspur 96 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Findlay Weir (18 April 1889 – 9 July 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half for The Wednesday and Tottenham Hotspur in the Football League.

Early life[edit]

Weir was born on 18 April 1889 in Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, the son of William and Mary Weir, his father was a dairyman.[2] In 1901, Weir was described as an apprentice engine fitter.[2]

Career[edit]

A wing half, Weir began his career in Scottish junior football, before joining Maryhill in 1906.[4][6] He moved to England to join First Division club The Wednesday in May 1909 and made 72 appearances, scoring one goal, before moving to fellow top-flight club Tottenham Hotspur in May 1912.[4] Over the course of the following three seasons, Weir made 101 appearances and scored two goals before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the First World War.[4]

Personal life[edit]

In early 1915, during the first year of the First World War, Weir enlisted as a sapper in the Royal Engineers and was posted to the Western Front in November that year.[4] By January 1916, he had risen to the rank of sergeant and was wounded later that year.[4] By mid-1918, Weir was based at Royal Engineers Demolition Training Depot in Newark-on-Trent.[4] He died at 2nd Eastern General Hospital in Brighton on 9 July 1918 and was buried in Lambhill Cemetery, Glasgow.[4][3]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
The Wednesday 1909–10[4] First Division 11 0 0 0 11 0
1910–11[4] 36 1 1 0 37 1
1911–12[4] 24 0 0 0 24 0
Total 71 1 1 0 72 1
Tottenham Hotspur 1912–13[4] First Division 34 1 3 0 37 1
1913–14[4] 33 0 0 0 33 0
1914–15[4] 29 1 2 0 31 1
Total 96 2 5 0 101 2
Career total 167 3 6 0 173 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c 1901 United Kingdom census, 84 Bardowie Street, Glasgow. RG13.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Findlay Weir". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ Goodwin, Bob (2017). The Spurs Alphabet. Lulu.com. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  6. ^ "Weir Findlay Sheffield Wednesday 1910". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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