Bobby Williams (Scottish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Williams[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ayrshire, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | 31 August 1916[1] | ||
| Place of death | France | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1916 | Airdrieonians | 114 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Williams was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 110 appearances in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians as a right half.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Williams enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in February 1916, during the First World War.[2] He was killed on the Western Front on 31 August 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Airdrieonians F.C. And The First World War" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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- Scottish men's footballers
- 1916 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Scottish Football League players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Royal Scots Fusiliers soldiers
- British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme
- People from Ayrshire
- Men's association football midfielders
- Scottish military personnel
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