Billy Lewis (Scottish footballer)

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Billy Lewis
Personal information
Full name William Lindsay Lewis
Date of birth 29 March 1931[1]
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death 12 November 2015(2015-11-12) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death Irvine, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1953 Irvine Meadow
1953–1956 Morton  
1956–1964 Third Lanark  181 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Lindsay Lewis (29 March 1931 – 12 November 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a centre half for Morton[3] (making over 100 appearances in all competitions)[2] and Third Lanark[4] (achieving a promotion to the top tier in 1956–57, playing on the losing side in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, helping the club to a third-place finish in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One campaign, and winning the Glasgow Cup in the 1962–63 season).[5]

He began his career – playing in a more attacking position – in junior football with Irvine Meadow, a club his son Rab also played for in the 1970s with some success.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Billy Lewis, AFC Heritage Trust [1952 trialist]
  2. ^ a b c d Former Irvine Meadow Players | Billy Lewis - A Kind Man at the Heart of the Defence, Gordon McCreath, Irvine Meadow XI FC website
  3. ^ Neil Brown. "Greenock Morton : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ Neil Brown. "Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ Glasgow Cup For Third Lanark, The Glasgow Herald, 9 April 1963, via The Celtic Wiki
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