Willie Sharp

Willie Sharp
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-05-25)25 May 1922[1]
Place of birth Dennistoun, Scotland
Date of death 16 January 1992(1992-01-16) (aged 69)[2][1]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Glasgow 139th BB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1939 Shettleston
1939–1957 Partick Thistle 255 (90)
International career
1952[3] Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Sharp (25 May 1922 – 16 January 1992) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward. His only professional club was Partick Thistle, and he holds the club's all-time goalscoring record[4] (although the total includes seven years of unofficial wartime matches).

  1. ^ a b "Willie Sharp". The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ Willie Sharp, Partick Thistle match programme, 1 February 1992 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  3. ^ (SFL player) Willie Sharp, London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. ^ PTFC Legend: Willie Sharp Partick Thistle FC, 2010