Billy Lewis (Scottish footballer) explained

Billy Lewis
Fullname:William Lindsay Lewis
Height:5ft 9in
Position:Centre half
Birth Date:29 March 1931[1]
Birth Place:Kilwinning, Scotland
Death Place:Irvine, Scotland
Years1:1951–1953
Clubs1:Irvine Meadow
Years2:1953–1956
Clubs2:Morton
Years3:1956–1964
Clubs3:Third Lanark
Caps3:181
Goals3:6
Years4:

William Lindsay Lewis (29 March 1931 – 12 November 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a centre half for Morton[2] (making over 100 appearances in all competitions) and Third Lanark[3] (achieving a promotion to the top tier in 1956–57, playing on the losing side in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, helping the club to a third-place finish in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One campaign, and winning the Glasgow Cup in the 1962–63 season).[4]

He began his career – playing in a more attacking position – in junior football with Irvine Meadow, a club his son Rab also played for in the 1970s with some success.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=8224 Billy Lewis
  2. Web site: Greenock Morton : 1946/47 - 2013/14. Neil Brown. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. 18 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67. Neil Brown. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. 18 January 2021.
  4. http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1963-04-08%3A+Third+Lanark+2-1+Celtic%2C+Glasgow+Cup Glasgow Cup For Third Lanark
  5. https://www.irvinemeadowfc.co.uk/former-irvine-meadow-players Former Irvine Meadow Players Billy Lewis - A Kind Man at the Heart of the Defence