Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Loney | ||
Date of birth | 31 May 1879 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 6 March 1956 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Drumchapel, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Denny Athletic | ||
1900–1913 | Celtic | 252 | (28) |
1908 | → Belfast Celtic (loan) | ||
1913–1914 | Motherwell | 13 | (1) |
1914–1917 | Partick Thistle | 15 | (2) |
1915–1916 | → Clydebank (loan) | ||
International career | |||
1909–1910[1] | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
1910[2] | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Loney (31 May 1879 – 6 March 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic,[3] Partick Thistle,[4] Motherwell[5] and Scotland.[6][7][8] He had a key role in the Celtic team of the 1900s which won six consecutive Scottish Football League championships.[9]
His brother James (Clyde, Dundee Hibernian) and cousin Harry (Falkirk, Alloa Athletic, Dumbarton) were also footballers.