| William Devlin | |
| Fullname: | William Alexander Devlin |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Bellshill, Scotland |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Years1: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs1: | Vale of Clyde |
| Years2: | 1921–1922 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1921–1922 |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Years4: | 1922–1926 |
| Goals4: | 118 |
| Years5: | 1926–1927 |
| Years6: | 1927 |
| Years7: | 1927–1928 |
| Goals7: | 12 |
| Years8: | 1928–1929 |
| Years9: | 1929–1930 |
| Goals9: | 5 |
| Years10: | 1930–1931 |
| Years11: | 1931 |
| Years12: | 1931 |
| Years13: | 1931–1932 |
| Years14: | 1932 |
| Clubs2: | Clyde |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Clubs3: | → King's Park (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Clubs4: | Cowdenbeath |
| Caps4: | 135 |
| Clubs5: | Huddersfield Town |
| Clubs6: | Liverpool |
| Clubs7: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Clubs8: | Macclesfield |
| Clubs9: | Cowdenbeath |
| Caps9: | 20 |
| Clubs10: | Mansfield Town |
| Clubs11: | Burton Town |
| Clubs12: | Shelbourne |
| Clubs13: | Macclesfield |
| Clubs14: | Bangor City |
| Clubs15: | Marseille |
| Clubs16: | Boston United |
| Clubs17: | Ashton National |
| Clubs18: | Marseille |
| Clubs19: | FC Zürich |
| Caps5: | 32 |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Caps8: | 23 |
| Goals5: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 15 |
| Goals8: | 18 |
| Caps13: | 0 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years15: | 1932–1933 |
| Years16: | 1933–1934 |
| Years17: | 1934–1935 |
| Years18: | 1935–1936 |
William Alexander Devlin (30 July 1899 – 23 July 1972) was a Scottish professional footballer, best remembered for his two spells as a centre forward in the Scottish League with Cowdenbeath, for whom he scored 123 goals in 155 appearances.[2] He also played for Scottish League clubs Heart of Midlothian, King's Park, Clyde and for Football League clubs Huddersfield Town and Liverpool.[3] [4] [5]
Devlin's brother Tom was also a footballer.[6]
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Clyde | 1921–22 | Scottish First Division | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| 1922–23 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
| King's Park (loan) | 1921–22 | Scottish Second Division | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | — | 16 | 21 | ||
| Cowdenbeath | 1922–23 | Scottish Second Division | 31 | 20 | 2 | 4 | — | 33 | 24 | ||
| 1923–24 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 27 | ||||
| 1924–25 | Scottish First Division | 38 | 33 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 33 | |||
| 1925–26 | 30 | 40 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 40 | ||||
| Total | 135 | 118 | 6 | 6 | — | 141 | 124 | ||||
| Huddersfield Town | 1925–26[7] | First Division | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1926–27 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 14 | ||||
| Liverpool | 1926–27[8] | First Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1927–28 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 15 | ||||
| Heart of Midlothian | 1927–28[9] | Scottish First Division | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1[10] | 0 | 18 | 14 | |
| Macclesfield | 1928–29[11] | Cheshire League | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1[12] | 1 | 24 | 19 | |
| Cowdenbeath | 1929–30 | Scottish First Division | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 22 | 6 | ||
| Macclesfield | 1931–32[13] | Cheshire League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Boston United | 1933–34[14] | Midland League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 268 | 203 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 283 | 214 | |||
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