Willie Taylor (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Kay Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1869 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 December 1948 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1888 | Dalry Primrose | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888–1900 | Heart of Midlothian | 119 | (62) |
| 1890 | → St Bernard's (guest) | ||
| 1893[1] | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1900–1901 | Leith Athletic | 10 | (1) |
| 1902–1903 | Barholm Rovers | ||
| International career | |||
| 1892 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Kay Taylor (30 November 1869 – 24 December 1948), also known as Cocky Taylor, was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team.[2][3][4][5]
Taylor finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1896–97 season with 12 goals[6] as Hearts won the championship. He also won the Scottish Cup with the Edinburgh club in 1891 and 1896, but only played once in their other title-winning campaign of 1894–95.[7]
References
- ^ Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
- ^ Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ (Scotland player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Mitchell, Andy (7 June 2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939. Dunblane: self-published. p. 120. ISBN 979-8513846642.
- ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
- ^ (Hearts player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club