| Watty Borthwick | |
| Fullname: | Walter Borthwick[1] |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Leith, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Loanhead, Scotland |
| Position: | Right back, half back |
| Years1: | 1909–1910 |
| Clubs1: | Leith Athletic |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1910– |
| Clubs2: | Broxburn Shamrock |
| Clubs3: | East Fife |
| Years4: | –1916 |
| Clubs4: | Cowdenbeath |
| Years5: | 1916–1918 |
| Clubs5: | Hibernian |
| Caps5: | 54 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1918–1922 |
| Clubs6: | Partick Thistle |
| Caps6: | 115 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1920 |
| Clubs7: | → Dalbeattie Star (loan) |
| Years8: | 1923–1925 |
| Clubs8: | Nithsdale Wanderers |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
Walter Borthwick (9 January 1890 – 15 March 1969) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Nithsdale Wanderers and Leith Athletic as a right back.
Borthwick's older brother Jack also became a footballer.[2] He later worked as a school janitor and died of cardiac arrest in 1969.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leith Athletic | 1909–10 | Scottish Division Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hibernian | 1916–17 | Scottish League | 27 | 0 | ― | ― | 27 | 0 | |||
| 1917–18 | 27 | 0 | ― | ― | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 0 | ― | ― | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Partick Thistle | 1918–19 | Scottish League | 25 | 1 | ― | ― | 25 | 1 | |||
| 1919–20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ― | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 1920–21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ― | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 1921–22 | Scottish Division One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 115 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ― | 122 | 1 | ||||
| Nithsdale Wanderers | 1923–24 | Scottish Division Three | 4 | 0 | ― | 1[3] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 1 | |||
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