Willie Taylor (footballer)

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Willie Taylor
Personal information
Full name William Kay Taylor
Date of birth (1869-11-30)30 November 1869
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 24 December 1948(1948-12-24) (aged 79)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
0000–1888 Dalry Primrose
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1900 Heart of Midlothian 119 (62)
1890 → St Bernard's (guest)
1893[1] → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 10 (1)
1900–1901 Leith Athletic 10 (1)
1902–1903 Barholm Rovers
International career
1892 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Kay Taylor (30 November 1869 – 24 December 1948), also known as Cocky Taylor, was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team.[2][3][4][5]

Taylor finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1896–97 season with 12 goals[6] as Hearts won the championship. He also won the Scottish Cup with the Edinburgh club in 1891 and 1896, but only played once in their other title-winning campaign of 1894–95.[7]

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
  2. ^ Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
  3. ^ (Scotland player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Mitchell, Andy (7 June 2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939. Dunblane: self-published. p. 120. ISBN 979-8513846642.
  6. ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
  7. ^ (Hearts player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club