| David Willis | |
| Fullname: | David Lalty Willis |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1881[1] |
| Birth Place: | Byker, England |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Clubs1: | Gateshead NER |
| Years2: | 1902–???? |
| Clubs2: | Sunderland |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | ????–1904 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Years4: | 1904–1906 |
| Clubs4: | Sunderland |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 1907–1913 |
| Clubs5: | Newcastle United |
| Caps5: | 95 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Clubs6: | Reading |
| Clubs7: | Palmer's |
| Totalcaps: | 143 |
| Totalgoals: | 5 |
David Lalty Willis (16 July 1881 – 26 May 1949) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Newcastle United and Sunderland.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Willis served as a private in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[6]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 1902–03[7] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sunderland | 1904–05[8] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1905–06[9] | First Division | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ― | 33 | 2 | |||
| 1906–07[10] | First Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ― | 52 | 2 | ||||
| Newcastle United | 1907–08 | First Division | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ― | 23 | 1 | ||
| 1908–09 | First Division | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 1909–10 | First Division | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ― | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1910–11 | First Division | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ― | 14 | 2 | |||
| 1911–12 | First Division | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 33 | 0 | |||
| 1912–13 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 95 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 143 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 6 | |||
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