Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Telfer | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Shotts, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 15 May 1986 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Carluke, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Blantyre Celtic | |||
1929–1942 | Motherwell | 284 | (1) |
International career | |||
1932–1933 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
1932 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Telfer (21 March 1909 – 15 May 1986) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half for Blantyre Celtic, Motherwell, Airdrieonians (wartime guest), Dumbarton (wartime guest)[1] and Scotland.[2] He was a member of the Motherwell team that won the club's only Scottish Football League title in 1931–32, missing only one match in that season,[3] and also played in two Scottish Cup finals (1931 and 1939, defeats to Celtic and Clyde respectively).[4]
Both of his international caps came against Ireland; the second resulted in a loss in Glasgow,[5] and Telfer was one of five in the Scotland team who were not selected again.[6]