Willie Cross | |
Fullname: | William Cross |
Birth Date: | 17 June 1883 |
Birth Place: | Cambusnethan, Scotland |
Death Place: | Holytown, Scotland |
Position: | Outside right |
Years1: | –1901 |
Clubs1: | Cambuslang Rangers |
Years2: | 1901–1903 |
Clubs2: | Third Lanark |
Caps2: | 12 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Years3: | 1903–1905 |
Clubs3: | Queens Park Rangers |
Caps3: | 32 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 1905–1906 |
Clubs4: | Brentford |
Caps4: | 16 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1909–1910 |
Clubs5: | Third Lanark |
Caps5: | 14 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 1910–1911 |
Clubs6: | Port Glasgow Athletic |
Caps6: | 7 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1904 |
Nationalteam1: | Southern League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
William Cross (17 June 1883 – 12 April 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark and Port Glasgow Athletic.[1] He also played for Southern League clubs Brentford and Queens Park Rangers and represented the Southern League XI.[2]
Cross was the brother of fellow Third Lanark and Queens Park Rangers footballer John Cross.[3]
Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Third Lanark | 1900–01 | Scottish League First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[4] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
1901–02 | Scottish League First Division | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3[5] | 4 | 11 | 6 | ||
1902–03 | Scottish League First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 7 | |||
Queens Park Rangers | 1903–04[6] | Southern League First Division | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
1904–05[7] | Southern League First Division | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |||
Total | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||||
Brentford | 1905–06 | Southern League First Division | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
Third Lanark | 1909–10 | Scottish League First Division | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 6 | |||
Port Glasgow Athletic | 1910–11[8] | Scottish League Second Division | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 2 | ||
Career total | 81 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 17 |