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Scottish footballer

Willie Imrie
Personal information
Full name William Noble Imrie
Date of birth 4 March 1908
Place of birth Methil, Scotland
Date of death 26 December 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 36)
Place of death Windygates, Fife, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Right half
Youth career
Dunnikier Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1929 St Johnstone 72 (7)
1929–1933 Blackburn Rovers 165 (23)
1933–1938 Newcastle United 125 (24)
1938–1939 Swansea Town 27 (1)
1939–1940 Swindon Town 2 (0)
Total 391 (55)
International career
1929 Scotland 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Noble Imrie (4 March 1908 – 26 December 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half.

Career

Born in Methil, Imrie played club football for St Johnstone, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Swansea Town and Swindon Town. He made two appearances for Scotland in 1929 whilst a St Johnstone player, and scored one goal against Germany.

He later became a butcher, before joining the British Army's 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards during World War II. He developed cancer whilst on active duty and died in Fife in 1944. One of only five Swindon players who died serving during the war, he is included on the club's commemorative plaque unveiled in 2014.

References

  1. "1944 IMRIE, WILLIAM NOBLE (Statutory registers Deaths 447/2 34)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. Season preview 1927/28: St. Johnstone F.C., Athletic News, 1 August 1927, via Play Up Liverpool
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Player Details : William Noble Imrie". Toon1892.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 132.
  6. "Significant Saints". History. St Johnstone F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. "International Saints". History. St Johnstone F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. "Flashback: Scotland's 7 previous trips to Germany". Evening Express (Scotland). Aberdeen. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ^ Cross, Beren (4 December 2014). "Plaque commemorates Swindon Town's wartime players". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. Carter, Graham (5 June 2009). "Swindon Town's Other War Deaths". SwindonWeb. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  11. "Player profile - Bill IMRIE". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2015.


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