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Scottish footballer Not to be confused with Billy Birrell.

Willie Birrell
Personal information
Full name	William Oswald Birrell
Date of birth	2 March 1893
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death	December 1968 (1969-01) (aged 75)
Place of death	Canada
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1913	Inverkeithing United
1913–1925	Cowdenbeath	123	(4)
1925–1927	St Bernard's	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Oswald Birrell (2 March 1893 – December 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath and St Bernard's as a centre half.

Personal life

Birrell served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during the First World War and later emigrated to Canada, where he worked for Salada tea.

Career statistics

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Career from 1915 to 1921. You can help by adding to it. (July 2018)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cowdenbeath	1913–14	Scottish Division Two	12	0	6	0	18	0
	1914–15		8	0	2	0	10	0
	1921–22		35	0	3	0	38	0
	1922–23		25	1	2	0	27	1
	1923–24		33	2	2	0	35	2
	1924–25	Scottish Division One	10	1	0	0	10	1
	Total		123	4	15	0	138	4
St Bernard's	1925–26	Scottish Division Two	30	0	1	0	31	0
Career total			153	4	16	0	169	4

Honours

Cowdenbeath

Scottish League Division Two (2): 1913–14, 1914–15
Scottish League Division Two second-place promotion (1): 1923–24

Inverkeithing United

Scottish Junior Cup (1): 1912–13

Individual

Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

References

^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ "Willie Birrell". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Cowdenbeath F.C. at the Football Club History Database

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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