Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Shettleston | ||
1931–1936 | Hamilton Academical | 138 | (33) |
1936–1938 | St Johnstone | 43 | (15) |
1938–1939 | Morton | 4 | (3) |
Total | 185 | (49) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William McLaren was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right for Hamilton Academical, St Johnstone and Morton. [1] [2]
He played the bulk of his career with Hamilton, and was converted from a centre forward in his first season there after joining from junior team Shettleston with a reputation as a goalscorer. [1] He appeared for Accies in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which ended in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers. [3] Later that year he saved a penalty in a match against Clyde after goalkeeper Jimmy Morgan was sent off. [4] [1] A notable feat a few years earlier was scoring four times in a 5–0 Scottish Football League win over Dundee United in April 1932. [5] [1]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Shettleston | ||
1931–1936 | Hamilton Academical | 138 | (33) |
1936–1938 | St Johnstone | 43 | (15) |
1938–1939 | Morton | 4 | (3) |
Total | 185 | (49) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William McLaren was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right for Hamilton Academical, St Johnstone and Morton. [1] [2]
He played the bulk of his career with Hamilton, and was converted from a centre forward in his first season there after joining from junior team Shettleston with a reputation as a goalscorer. [1] He appeared for Accies in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which ended in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers. [3] Later that year he saved a penalty in a match against Clyde after goalkeeper Jimmy Morgan was sent off. [4] [1] A notable feat a few years earlier was scoring four times in a 5–0 Scottish Football League win over Dundee United in April 1932. [5] [1]