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David Wilson
Personal information
Full name David J Wilson
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Scotland
Date of death 1926 (aged 45–46)
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1908 Queen's Park 78 (24)
International career
1900 Scotland 1 (2)
1902–1903 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David J. Wilson (1880–1926) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside right. While playing for Queen's Park, he scored the first ever goal at the third (current) Hampden Park, in 1903. He scored two goals on his sole appearance for Scotland in 1900.

Personal life

Wilson served as a second lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the First World War. A Glasgow solicitor, he died in 1926.

References

  1. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. ^ "Scottish Footballers Roll of Honour". Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. "Wilson, David". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ David Wilson at the Scottish Football Association
  5. "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 2" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

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