Billy Dunlop (Sunderland footballer)

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Billy Dunlop
Personal information
Full name William Dunlop
Date of birth 16 August 1869
Place of birth Annbank, Scotland
Date of death 25 May 1960(1960-05-25) (aged 90)[1]
Place of death Tarbolton, Scotland
Position(s)
Wing half / Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1893 Annbank
1893–1899 Sunderland 134 (6)
1899–1900 Rangers 6 (0)
1900 Partick Thistle 1 (0)
1900–1901 Annbank
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Dunlop (16 August 1869 – 25 May 1960) was a Scottish

wing half or in the centre.[2][3]

Career

Dunlop was born in Annbank, South Ayrshire, and played for his hometown club (taking part in a trial for the Scotland national team in 1890)[4] before coming to England to sign for Sunderland at the start of 1893. He was the uncle (though only two years older) of his new club's star forward Jimmy Miller,[5][6] while another former Annbank player, defender Robert Smellie, was also in the Sunderland side (he and Dunlop were teammates in the team's run to the quarter-finals of the 1891–92 Scottish Cup).[7][8]

Dunlop made his debut for the

friendly match against Scottish champions Heart of Midlothian, dubbed by some the "1895 World Championship".[10]

Dunlop returned to Scotland in 1899 to join

Jacky Robertson – plus a few more games in other competitions, in a couple of which Jimmy Miller also played.[3] He moved on to Partick Thistle in the summer of 1900[11] before returning to Annbank a few months later.[2][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Family F181 Dunlop, The Gregg Family History Project. Retrieved 19 February 2022
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  3. ^ a b "Games Involving Dunlop, William in season 1899/1900". FitbaStats: Rangers. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ International Trial Matches., The Scotsman, 3 March 1890, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ISBN 9798513846642
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  6. ^ Ayrshire's Best Half-back. The Scottish Referee, 20 January 1893. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  7. ^ Saturday's Football. | The Scottish Cup. | Rangers V. Annbank., The Glasgow Herald, 1 February 1892
  8. ^ Weighed In The Balance. The Scottish Referee, 1 February 1892. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  9. ^ "Player Details: Billy Dunlop". The StatCat. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Sat 27 Apr 1895: World Championship". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. ^ 1900-01 Partick Thistle – The Early Years. Retrieved 27 July 2021
  12. ^ Watson, Keith; Young, Chris. "SAFC Top 100: Chapter 5". A Love Supreme. ALS Publications. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  13. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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