{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bill Alston | image = | fullname = William Alston<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref> | birth_date = 19 April 1884<ref name="ENFA"/> | birth_place = Scotland<ref name="ENFA"/> | death_date = {{death year and age|1971|1884}}<ref name="ENFA"/> | position = Wing half | years1 = 1903–06 |clubs1 = Vale of Dryfe |years2 = 1906–1907 | clubs2 = Maxwelltown Volunteers | caps1 = | goals1 = | years3 = 1907–1908 | clubs3 = Lincoln City | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1908 | clubs4 = Rochdale | caps4 = | goals4 = | totalcaps = 18 | totalgoals = 2 }} '''William Alston''' (19 April 1884 – 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City.<ref name="ENFA"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Michael|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|year=2004 |publisher=SoccerData|isbn=1-899468-67-6}}</ref> He had an unsuccessful trial with Liverpool in the 1905–06 season.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Sanquhar victory |journal=Scottish Referee |date=18 September 1905 |page=4}}</ref>
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