| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Salisbury | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Govan, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 1965(1965-01-05) (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | St Anthony's | ||
| 1918–1928 | Partick Thistle | 286 | (51) |
| 1928–1929 | Liverpool | 16 | (2) |
| 1929–1930 | Bangor | ||
| 1930 | Distillery | ||
| 1930–1931 | Shelbourne | ||
| 1931–1933 | Bangor | ||
| 1933–1934 | Partick Thistle | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Salisbury (23 February 1899 – 5 January 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left for Partick Thistle (where he spent a decade, winning the Scottish Cup in 1921), in England with Liverpool (where he played for a season) and spells with Bangor and Distillery in Northern Ireland plus Shelbourne in the Republic of Ireland.
His grandson Gordon Smith was also a footballer (he played for St Johnstone, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
References
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Obituary - Gordon Melville Smith". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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- 1899 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- 1965 deaths
- People from Govan
- Footballers from Glasgow
- St Anthony's F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Bangor F.C. players
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- NIFL Premiership players
- League of Ireland players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs