Willie_Taylor_(footballer)

Willie Taylor (footballer)

Willie Taylor (footballer)

Scottish footballer (died 1949)

For the American football player, see Willie Taylor (American football).

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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
  2. [2]
    Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
  3. [3]
    (Scotland player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
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    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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    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. [6]
    Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
  7. [7]
    (Hearts player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club


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