William Reid (footballer)

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Willie Reid
Personal information
Full name	William Reid
Date of birth	May 3, 1884
Place of birth	Baillieston, Scotland
Date of death	May, 1964 (age 80)
Place of death	Baillieston, Scotland
Height	5ft 8½in (1.73m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1903-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1909 1909-1920 1920-1922	Morton Third Lanark Motherwell Portsmouth Rangers Albion Rovers	000 0(19) 000 0(32) 217 (188) 000 0(36)
National team
1911-1914	Scotland	009 00(4)
Teams managed
1920-1931 1931-1934	Albion Rovers Dundee United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Reid (1884 – 1966) was a Scottish international footballer and manager, who played as a striker.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Career

Born in the Glasgow suburb of Baillieston,^[1] Reid began his senior career in 1903 with Morton, whom he joined from Baillieston Thistle. He scored nineteen league goals in two seasons with the Ton, earning a move to Third Lanark in April 1906 and playing in their Scottish Cup final defeat to Hearts later that month.^[1] A transfer to Motherwell followed, where he scored 32 times in just over a year before a brief sojourn in England with Portsmouth.

Reid returned to Scotland in April 1909 when signed by Rangers, where - during his eleven seasons at Ibrox - he won three league titles. He was the club's top scorer for six consecutive seasons, between 1910 and 1916, and also served his country during the First World War as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery 52nd Lowland Division. He received all his caps for Scottish national side while with the Ibrox side, making his debut in a 2-2 draw with Wales in 1911 an earning his last cap against England three years later.

In 1920 Reid moved to Albion Rovers as player-manager,^[1] where he finished his playing career with 36 league goals for the club. He held the role of secretary/manager with the Wee Rovers before becoming Dundee United manager in 1931. Reid was unable to keep United up following their promotion and left in 1934 with the club in financial trouble. It was his final post in senior football.^[2]

Reid remains the fourth top goalscorer of all-time in the Scottish top flight with 275 goals, fifteen ahead of Ally McCoist.^[3] Of these goals, 188 were scored during his time at Rangers.

[edit] Honours

• Scottish First Division: 3
  

1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13

• Scottish First Division Top goalscorer: 2
  

1910-11, 1911-12

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of top goalscorers#Scotland

[edit] External links

• Willie Reid profile at scottishfa.co.uk

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