Willie Hillhouse
Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Hillhouse kneeling, far right
Personal information
Full name William Hillhouse
Date of birth 19 November 1891
Place of birth Hurlford, Scotland
Date of death 21 August 1968(1968-08-21) (aged 76)
Place of death Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Renfrew Victoria
1913–1919 Motherwell 22 (1)
1919–1921 Albion Rovers 62 (15)
1921–1925 Third Lanark 79 (13)
1923 → Nithsdale Wanderers (loan)
1925–1926 Galston 5 (1)
Total 168 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Hillhouse (19 November 1891 – 21 August 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside left.[1][2] The major event of his career was appearing in the 1920 Scottish Cup Final with Albion Rovers, scoring the second of his side's goals in a 3–2 defeat to Kilmarnock (his hometown club).[3][4][5] Hillhouse also played for Motherwell[6] – he was contracted there for six seasons but only played for them in the first two, possibly due to commitments relating to World War I – and Third Lanark, touring South America with the latter in the summer of 1923[7][8] and appearing on the losing side in the Glasgow Cup final later that year.[9]

His younger brother Hugh spent three seasons with Queen's Park;[10] their cousin John, who grew up on the same street in Hurlford, was also a footballer.[1][11]

References

  1. 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Hillhouse William Image 1 Albion Rovers 1920, Vintage Footballers
  3. ↑ "Killie 3–2 Albion Rovers". Killie FC. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kilmarnock, 3; Albion Rovers, 2. Scottish Cup–Final Tie". The Glasgow Herald. 19 April 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Is It Really So Strange?, Shaughan McGuigan, Tell Him He's Pele, 6 March 2014
  6. ↑ William Hillhouse, MotherWELLnet
  7. ↑ Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
  8. ↑ Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786
  9. ↑ Glasgow Cup Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 1 October 1923
  10. ↑ Name: Hillhouse, Hugh Horsefield, QPFC.com
  11. ↑ 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry (subscription required)


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