Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Cross[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Cambusnethan, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 12 April 1949 | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Holytown, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1901 | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
1901–1903 | Third Lanark | 12 | (5) |
1903–1905 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | (4) |
1905–1906 | Brentford | 16 | (1) |
1909–1910 | Third Lanark | 14 | (1) |
1910–1911 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 7 | (2) |
International career | |||
1904 | Southern League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Cross (17 June 1883 – 12 April 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark and Port Glasgow Athletic.[2] He also played for Southern League clubs Brentford and Queens Park Rangers and represented the Southern League XI.[3][4][5]
Cross was the brother of fellow Third Lanark and Queens Park Rangers footballer John Cross.[6]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Third Lanark | 1900–01[2] | Scottish League First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1901–02[1] | Scottish League First Division | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
1902–03[1] | Scottish League First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 7 | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1903–04[7] | Southern League First Division | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
1904–05[5] | Southern League First Division | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
Total | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | |||
Brentford | 1905–06[4] | Southern League First Division | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
Third Lanark | 1909–10[1] | Scottish League First Division | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
Total | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 6 | ||
Port Glasgow Athletic | 1910–11[1] | Scottish League Second Division | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 2 | |
Career total | 81 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 17 |