Bill Salisbury (footballer)

Bill Salisbury

Personal information
Full name	William Salisbury
Date of birth	23 February 1899
Place of birth	Govan, Scotland
Date of death	5 January 1965(1965-01-05) (aged 65)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	St Anthony's
1918–1928	Partick Thistle	286	(51)
1928–1929	Liverpool	16	(2)
1929–1930	Bangor
1930	Distillery
1930–1931	Shelbourne
1931–1933	Bangor
1933–1934	Partick Thistle	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Salisbury (23 February 1899 – 5 January 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left for Partick Thistle (where he spent a decade, winning the Scottish Cup in 1921), in England with Liverpool (where he played for a season)^[1] and spells with Bangor and Distillery in Northern Ireland plus Shelbourne in the Republic of Ireland.

His grandson Gordon Smith was also a footballer (he played for St Johnstone, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers).^[2]

References

1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Obituary - Gordon Melville Smith". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links

• LFC History profile