William_Devlin_(footballer,_born_1899)

William Devlin
Personal information
Full name	William Alexander Devlin
Date of birth	30 July 1899
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Date of death	23 July 1972 (aged 72)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–1921	Vale of Clyde
1921–1922	Clyde
1921–1922	→ King's Park (loan)
1922–1926	Cowdenbeath
1926–1927	Huddersfield Town
1927	Liverpool
1927–1928	Heart of Midlothian
1928–1929	Macclesfield
1929–1930	Cowdenbeath
1930–1931	Mansfield Town
1931	Burton Town
1931	Shelbourne
1931–1932	Macclesfield
1932	Bangor City
1932–1933	Marseille
1933–1934	Boston United
1934–1935	Ashton National
1935–1936	Marseille
	FC Zürich
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Devlin (footballer, born 1899)

Scottish footballer

William Alexander Devlin (30 July 1899 – 23 July 1972) was a Scottish professional footballer, best remembered for his two spells as a centre forward in the Scottish League with Cowdenbeath, for whom he scored 123 goals in 155 appearances.^[3] He also played for Scottish League clubs Heart of Midlothian, King's Park, Clyde and for Football League clubs Huddersfield Town and Liverpool.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Clyde	1921–22^[3]	Scottish First Division	9	2	—		—		9	2
	1922–23^[3]	Scottish First Division	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		10	2	—		—		10	2
King's Park (loan)	1921–22^[3]	Scottish Second Division	13	19	3	2	—		16	21
Cowdenbeath	1922–23^[3]	Scottish Second Division	31	20	2	4	—		33	24
	1923–24^[3]	Scottish Second Division	36	25	2	2	—		38	27
	1924–25^[3]	Scottish First Division	38	33	1	0	—		39	33
	1925–26^[3]	Scottish First Division	30	40	1	0	—		31	40
	Total		135	118	6	6	—		141	124
Huddersfield Town	1925–26^[7]	First Division	4	4	—		—		4	4
	1926–27^[7]	First Division	28	10	0	0	—		28	10
	Total		32	14	0	0	—		32	14
Liverpool	1926–27^[8]	First Division	1	1	0	0	—		1	1
	1927–28^[8]	First Division	18	14	0	0	—		18	14
	Total		19	15	0	0	—		19	15
Heart of Midlothian	1927–28^[9]	Scottish First Division	15	12	2	2	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	18	14
Macclesfield	1928–29^[10]	Cheshire League	23	18	0	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	24	19
Cowdenbeath	1929–30^[3]	Scottish First Division	20	5	2	1	—		22	6
Macclesfield	1931–32^[11]	Cheshire League	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Boston United	1933–34^[12]	Midland League	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Career total			268	203	12	10	3	1	283	214

William Devlin (footballer, born 1899)

Personal information
Full name	William Alexander Devlin^[1]
Date of birth	(1899-07-30)30 July 1899
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Date of death	23 July 1972(1972-07-23) (aged 72)^[2]
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland^[2]
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1921	Vale of Clyde
1921–1922	Clyde	10	(2)
1921–1922	→ King's Park (loan)	13	(19)
1922–1926	Cowdenbeath	135	(118)
1926–1927	Huddersfield Town	32	(14)
1927	Liverpool	19	(15)
1927–1928	Heart of Midlothian	15	(12)
1928–1929	Macclesfield	23	(18)
1929–1930	Cowdenbeath	20	(5)
1930–1931	Mansfield Town
1931	Burton Town
1931	Shelbourne
1931–1932	Macclesfield	0	(0)
1932	Bangor City
1932–1933	Marseille
1933–1934	Boston United
1934–1935	Ashton National
1935–1936	Marseille
	FC Zürich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals