William Dornan Explained

William Dornan
Position:Left back
Birth Date:17 January 1893
Birth Place:Holytown, Scotland
Death Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Years1:
Clubs1:Pumpherston Rangers
Years2:1913–1914
Clubs2:Leith Athletic
Caps2:10
Goals2:0
Years3:1914–1928
Clubs3:Hibernian
Caps3:357
Goals3:0
Years4:1914–1915
Clubs4:Leith Athletic (loan)
Caps4:25
Goals4:0
Years5:1928–1931
Clubs5:Queen of the South
Caps5:107
Goals5:1
Totalcaps:499
Totalgoals:1

William Dornan (17 January 1893 – 28 May 1937) was a Scottish footballer who appeared 389 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup for Hibernian between 1914 and 1927, playing at left back.[1] He featured in two Scottish Cup finals in 1923 (which Hibs lost to Celtic)[2] and 1924 (defeated by Airdrieonians).[3] He also played for Leith Athletic and Queen of the South.[1] [4]

Dornan was badly injured on 28 May 1937, after being thrown from the top of an oil tank after an explosion, and thereafter being badly burned, at Pumpherston Oil Works in West Lothian. He died later at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hibernian player William Dornan . FitbaStats. 24 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Scottish Cup Final. Glasgow Herald . 2 April 1923. The Celtic Wiki. 24 September 2018.
  3. Web site: We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Four. Hibs.net. 6 January 2009. 24 September 2018.
  4. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  5. http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/Scrapbooks/SBSport/SBFootball/WilliamDornan.html Ex Hibs player killed William Dornan killed at Pumpherston
  6. Trapped Between Two Blazing Oil Tanks, Dundee Evening Telegraph, May 28, 1937