Willie Imrie | |
Fullname: | William Noble Imrie |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1908 |
Birth Place: | Methil, Scotland |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Windygates, Fife, Scotland |
Height: | 5ft 10in[2] |
Position: | Right half |
Youthclubs1: | Dunnikier Juniors |
Years1: | 1927–1929 |
Clubs1: | St Johnstone |
Caps1: | 72 |
Goals1: | 7 |
Years2: | 1929–1933 |
Clubs2: | Blackburn Rovers |
Caps2: | 165 |
Goals2: | 23 |
Years3: | 1933–1938 |
Clubs3: | Newcastle United |
Caps3: | 125 |
Goals3: | 24 |
Years4: | 1938–1939 |
Clubs4: | Swansea Town |
Caps4: | 27 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1939–1940 |
Clubs5: | Swindon Town |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 391 |
Totalgoals: | 55 |
Nationalyears1: | 1929 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
William Noble Imrie (4 March 1908 – 26 December 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half.[3]
Born in Methil, Imrie played club football for St Johnstone, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United,[4] Swansea Town and Swindon Town.[5] [6] He made two appearances for Scotland in 1929 whilst a St Johnstone player,[7] and scored one goal against Germany.[8]
He later became a butcher,[5] before joining the British Army's 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards during World War II.[9] He developed cancer whilst on active duty and died in Fife in 1944.[10] One of only five Swindon players who died serving during the war,[11] he is included on the club's commemorative plaque unveiled in 2014.