Willie Loney | |
Position: | Centre half |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1879 |
Birth Place: | Denny, Scotland |
Death Place: | Drumchapel, Scotland |
Clubs1: | Denny Athletic |
Years2: | 1900–1913 |
Clubs2: | Celtic |
Caps2: | 252 |
Goals2: | 28 |
Years3: | 1908 |
Clubs3: | → Belfast Celtic (loan) |
Years4: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs4: | Motherwell |
Caps4: | 13 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1914–1917 |
Clubs5: | Partick Thistle |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 1915–1916 |
Clubs6: | → Clydebank (loan) |
Nationalyears1: | 1909–1910[1] |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1910[2] |
Nationalteam2: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
William Loney (31 May 1879 – 6 March 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic,[3] Partick Thistle,[4] Motherwell[5] and Scotland.[6] [7] He had a key role in the Celtic team of the 1900s which won six consecutive Scottish Football League championships.[8]
His brother James (Clyde, Dundee Hibernian) and cousin Harry (Falkirk, Alloa Athletic, Dumbarton) were also footballers.
1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10
1903–04, 1906-07, 1907–08, 1911–12
1904–05, 1905–06, 1907–08, 1909–10