Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Wiseman [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Turriff, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1981 (aged 84–85) [2] | ||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1914 | Hawthorn | ||
1914 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
1914– | Hawthorn | ||
–1922 | Aberdeen University | ||
1922 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
1922–1930 | Queen's Park | 264 | (0) |
International career | |||
1926–1930 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
1926–1930 | Scotland Amateurs | 6 | (0) |
1927 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Wiseman (18 October 1896 – 1981) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee. [1] [4] [5] [6] [3] He was capped by Scotland at amateur and full international levels. [7] [8]
Wiseman was educated at Fordyce Academy and Aberdeen University and left the latter institution in 1916 to serve in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders. [5] During his time on the Western Front, he was gassed, wounded and posted missing for a week. [5] He rose to the rank of captain and also served as a lieutenant in the Tank Corps. [9] After the war, he went to India to assist with the restructuring of the British Indian Army. [5]
After leaving the army, Wiseman completed his studies at Glasgow Technical College and later worked as an Assistant Roads Surveyor for Dunbartonshire Council. [5] He took up a Deputy County Surveyor position in Banffshire in 1930, which brought his senior football career to an end. [5] Wiseman also married in 1930 and had one son. [5] He served as a major in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, recruiting and training personnel at Redford Barracks and then working on infrastructure projects Iceland and Cardiff. [5] After retiring from his role as County Roads Surveyor with Banffshire Council, Wiseman retired to Edinburgh. [5]
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