Willie McGrotty
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William McGrotty[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 3 July 2020 (aged 67) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yoker Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Blackpool | 4 | (1) |
| 1973 | Western Suburbs | ||
| 1974 | Safeway United | 22 | (7) |
| Total | 26 | (8) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William McGrotty (12 August 1952 – 3 July 2020) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger.
Career
[edit]Born in Glasgow, McGrotty played for Yoker Athletic, Blackpool, Western Suburbs and Safeway United.[2][3][4]
McGrotty died on 3 July 2020, aged 67.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Willie McGrotty". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "BLACKPOOL : 1946/47 - 2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "McAdam-McGunnigle". Australian Player Database. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Willie McGrotty at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ @BlackpoolFC (5 July 2020). "🧡 The Club is saddened to learn Willie McGrotty, a member of Blackpool's 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup winning squad has s…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- 1952 births
- 2020 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Yoker Athletic F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football wingers
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1950s birth stubs