James Wilson (footballer, born 1882) explained
| James Wilson |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Colmonell, Scotland |
| Years1: | 1898–1904 |
| Clubs1: | St Mirren |
| Caps1: | 67 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 1904–1911 |
| Caps2: | 162 |
| Goals2: | 32 |
| Years4: | – |
| Nationalyears1: | 1904 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
James Wilson (born 6 April 1882) was a Scottish footballer who played for St Mirren and Preston North End, mainly as an inside right.[1] [2] While with St Mirren, he was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI, playing against the Irish League XI in 1904 a matter of weeks before he moved to England.[3] He was a member of the Preston team which finished runners-up in the 1905–06 Football League,[4] and was the club's top scorer in 1908–09. Wilson finished his career together with Jimmy McLean in summer 1911.[5]
Born into a farming family in Colmonell and raised in Dundonald, South Ayrshire,[6] James Wilson had two brothers who were also prominent footballers in England: Andrew was a forward with Sheffield Wednesday and David a wing half with Oldham Athletic (where a fourth brother, Alex, was also a reserve team member);[7] both played for Scotland: Andrew gaining six caps, David one.[8]
Notes and References
- A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
- Web site: Player Profiles W. St Mirren.info. 2 August 2020. 12 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812185345/http://www.stmirren.info/id113.html. dead.
- Web site: Scottish Football League player James Wilson. London Hearts Supporters' Club . 2 August 2020.
- Web site: Wilson James Image 1 Preston North End 1905. Vintage Footballers . 2 August 2020.
- News: Pavo. 28 August 1911. PRESTON NORTH END. Athletic News . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
- https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=census&surname=Wilson&surname_so=exact&forename=David&forename_so=starts&second_person_forename=James&second_person_forename_so=exact&sex=M&age_from=6&age_to=8&county=AYR&record_type=census&year%5B0%5D=1891 Census returns - Census - Search results
- https://playupliverpool.com/1910/08/29/season-preview-191011-oldham-athletic-f-c-athletic-news/ Season preview 1910/11: Oldham Athletic F.C.
- Book: Mitchell, Andy . The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 . Amazon . 2021 . 9798513846642.
