William Stewart (footballer, born 1875) explained

Willie Stewart
Fullname:William Garven Stewart
Birth Date:7 January 1875
Birth Place:Crosshill, Scotland
Death Place:Bootle, England
Position:Outside right
Years1:1894–1901
Clubs1:Queen's Park
Caps1:7
Goals1:1
Years2:1896
Clubs2:St Bernard's (loan)
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:1901
Clubs3:Third Lanark
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1901–1903
Clubs4:Newcastle United
Caps4:37
Goals4:5
Nationalyears1:1898–1900
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:1

William Garven Stewart (7 January 1875 – 30 April 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.

Career

Born in Glasgow, Stewart played club football for Queen's Park (most of his time there being in the period before the club joined the Scottish Football League),[1] [2] Third Lanark (appearing in the Scottish Cup only)[3] and Newcastle United, and made two appearances for Scotland.[4] He scored five goals in 41 appearances in all competitions for Newcastle,[5] where he had moved as a result of his profession outside the game as a maritime engineer. He later settled on Merseyside.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/s/stewartwg.htm Stewart, William Graham
  2. http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/s/stewartws.htm Stewart, William S.
  3. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  4. Book: Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Paul Smith. Pitch Publishing. 2013. 267.
  5. Web site: Profile. 8 July 2015. Toon1892.
  6. Book: Mitchell, Andy . The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 . Amazon . 2021 . 9798513846642.