William Devlin (footballer, born 1899)

Scottish footballer

William Devlin
Personal information
Full name	William Alexander Devlin
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)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
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

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. He also played for Scottish League clubs Heart of Midlothian, King's Park, Clyde and for Football League clubs Huddersfield Town and Liverpool.

Personal life

Devlin's brother Tom was also a footballer.

Career statistics

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

Appearance in Dunedin Cup
Appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup

Honours

Cowdenbeath

Scottish League Second Division second-place promotion: 1923–24

Individual

Scottish League First Division top scorer (2): 1924–25, 1925–26
Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

References

^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 80. ISBN 9781905891610.
^ "William Alexander Devlin". Play Up, Liverpool. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
Thomas, Ian; Thomas, Owen; Hodgson, Alan; Ward, John (18 October 2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield: Huddersfield Town Football Club. ISBN 9780955728105.
"Player Profiles - D". silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Devlin Willie Cowdenbeath 1925". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ "Players – Player Profile". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "William Devlin". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Willie Devlin – Hearts Career – from 31 Dec 1927 to 30 Apr 1928". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1928–29". silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1931–32". silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
"Boston United Roll Call". www.bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "Willie Devlin – Staff Biography". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
Brown, Alan (5 June 2014). "Scotland – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

External links

LFC History profile

v t e Scottish league football top division top scorers
League	1891: Bell 1892: Bell 1893: Campbell / McMahon
Division One	1894: McMahon 1895: J. Miller 1896: Martin 1897: Taylor 1898: Hamilton 1899: Hamilton 1900: Hamilton / Michael 1901: Hamilton 1902: Maxwell 1903: D. Reid 1904: Hamilton 1905: Hamilton / Quinn 1906: Quinn 1907: Quinn 1908: Simpson 1909: Hunter 1910: Quinn 1911: W. Reid 1912: W. Reid 1913: J. Reid 1914: J. Reid 1915: Gracie / Richardson 1916: McColl 1917: Yarnall 1918: H. Ferguson 1919: McLean 1920: H. Ferguson 1921: H. Ferguson 1922: Walker 1923: White 1924: Halliday 1925: Devlin 1926: Devlin 1927: McGrory 1928: McGrory 1929: Morrison 1930: Yorston 1931: Battles 1932: MacFadyen 1933: MacFadyen 1934: Smith 1935: Smith 1936: McGrory 1937: Wilson 1938: Black 1939: Venters
Division A	1947: Mitchell 1948: Aikman 1949: Stott 1950: Bauld 1951: Reilly 1952: Reilly 1953: Fleming / Reilly 1954: Wardhaugh 1955: Bauld 1956: Wardhaugh
Division One	1957: Baird 1958: Bauld / Murray 1959: Baker 1960: Baker 1961: Harley 1962: Gilzean 1963: Millar 1964: Gilzean 1965: Forrest 1966: A. Ferguson / McBride 1967: Chalmers 1968: Lennox 1969: Cameron 1970: Stein 1971: Hood 1972: Harper 1973: Gordon 1974: Deans 1975: Gray / Pettigrew
Premier Division	1976: Dalglish 1977: Pettigrew 1978: Johnstone 1979: Ritchie 1980: Somner 1981: McGarvey 1982: McCluskey 1983: Nicholas 1984: McClair 1985: McDougall 1986: McCoist 1987: McClair 1988: Coyne 1989: McGhee / Nicholas 1990: Robertson 1991: Coyne 1992: McCoist 1993: McCoist 1994: Hateley 1995: Coyne 1996: Van Hooijdonk 1997: Cadete 1998: Negri
SPL	1999: Larsson 2000: Viduka 2001: Larsson 2002: Larsson 2003: Larsson 2004: Larsson 2005: Hartson 2006: Boyd 2007: Boyd 2008: McDonald 2009: Boyd 2010: Boyd 2011: K. Miller 2012: Hooper 2013: Higdon
Premiership	2014: Commons 2015: Rooney 2016: Griffiths 2017: Boyce 2018: Boyd 2019: Morelos 2020: Édouard 2021: Édouard 2022: Charles-Cook / Giakoumakis 2023: Furuhashi 2024: Shankland

v t e Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adamson H. Allan R. Allan Archibald Armstrong R. Birrell W. Birrell Bostock G. Brown J. Brown Buchanan Buckley Burns Cairns Callaghan Cowan Curle Devlin Dickson Drummond Dryburgh Edwards Falconer Frame Geddes Gildea Gilfillan Glancy Gomis Grant Hamill Hay Hemmings Henderson Hendren Hughes Jack Jones Jordan Kinnell Laing Lancaster Law Leonard Liddle Lindsay Mackenzie Malone Mbu McArthur McDowell McGarr McGlashan McGregor McLauchlan Menzies Mercer Middleton Mowbray Murphy Murray Paatelainen J. Paterson W. Paterson Philp Ja. Pollock Jo. Pollock Pullar Quinn Rankin Rankine Reid Renfrew Ritchie J. Robertson P. Robertson Ross R. Russell T. Russell Smith Steele G. Stewart W. Stewart Tait Taylor Turnbull Venters Walker Wall Walls Ward Wilson Winter Wright Yardley
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees

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