Willie Sinclair

Willie Sinclair
Personal information
Full name William Mearns Sinclair[1]
Date of birth (1934-10-14)14 October 1934
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death 2023 (aged 89)
Place of death Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 Aberdeen 0 (0)
1953–1959 Falkirk 88 (21)
1959–1960 Huddersfield Town 15 (5)
1960 Tranmere Rovers 4 (0)
1961 Halifax Town 21 (3)
1961–1962 Stirling Albion 18 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Mearns Sinclair (14 October 1934 – 2023) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Aberdeen, Falkirk, Huddersfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town and Stirling Albion.

In the early 1960s, Sinclair moved to Australia where he played for Adelaide Polonia and APIA.[2] He later returned to Scotland, and lived in Fife,[3] where he died in 2023, at the age of 89.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Willie Sinclair". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Sinclair, William Mearns". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Shanks Knocked Willie's Door for a Kickabout". The Sunday Post. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ "William Mearns Sinclair". Scotland's People. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  • Willie Sinclair at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database


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