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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | William Sturrock Maxwell | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1876 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Arbroath, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 July 1940 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1892 | Hearts Strollers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1893–1894 | Arbroath | ||||||||||||||||
| 1894 | Dundee | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1894 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1894–1895 | Dundee | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1895–1901 | Stoke | 153 | (74) | ||||||||||||||
| 1901–1902 | Third Lanark | 16 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1902–1903 | Sunderland | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1903–1905 | Millwall Athletic | 54 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 1905–1908 | Bristol City | 120 | (58) | ||||||||||||||
| 1909–1910 | Léopold | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 352 | (181) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1898[1] | Scotland | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1902[2] | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1913 | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1928 | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1938 | Cercle Brugge | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
William Sturrock Maxwell (21 September 1876 – 14 July 1940) was a Scottish professional footballer and amateur cricketer.[3][4][5][6]
He played for hometown club Arbroath, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Stoke, Sunderland, Third Lanark and Bristol City. He also gained one cap for the Scotland national team.[1] He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1901–02 season,[7] and later, while at Bristol City, he was the Second Division topscorer with 27 goals in the 1905–06 season.[8] Maxwell later coached the Belgium national team.[9]
- ^ a b William Maxwell at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "[SFL player] William Maxwell". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: William Maxwell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287-55-4.
- ^ "William Maxwell | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "William Maxwell, football manager".