Billy Gilligan

Billy Gilligan
Personal information
Full name William Anderson Gilligan[1]
Date of birth 1876[1]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1914 (aged 37–38)[1]
Position(s) Wing Half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– East Craigie[2]
1898 Dundee 4 (0)
1898 Derby County
1898–1899 Bolton Wanderers 3 (0)
Total 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Anderson Gilligan (1876–1914) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Dundee and in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.[3][4]

He was one of four brothers who were professional footballers, the others being Sandy, Sam and John.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b c d Billy Gilligan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ 'We want to be here for another 140 years': East Craigie JFC celebrate milestone anniversary, Evening Telegraph, 15 February 2020
  3. ^ "Willie Gilligan | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Brown, John. "Blether with Brown: Three Gilligans turned out for Dundee — Sandy, William and Sam". The Courier. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  7. ^ Kenneth Campbell's life story – Part IV, The Weekly News, 28 May 1921, via Play Up Liverpool
  8. ^ Personalia – Sam Gilligan, Liverpool F.C., Joint Everton and Liverpool Match Programme, 15 October 1910, via Play Up Liverpool