Willie Whigham

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1939–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Willie Whigham |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = William Murdoch Morrison Whigham<ref name=Hugman/> |birth_date = {{birth date|1939|10|9|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> |birth_place = [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire]],<ref name=Hugman/> Scotland |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|3|1939|10|9|df=y}}<ref name=Scotsman>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-willie-whigham-falkirk-footballer-known-for-laid-back-attitude-3171440 |title=Obituary: Willie Whigham, Falkirk footballer known for laid-back attitude |first=Jack |last=Davidson |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh |date=19 March 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> |death_place = [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]],<ref name=Scotsman/> Scotland |height = |position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = [[Shotts Bon Accord F.C.|Shotts Bon Accord]] |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1959–1960 |clubs2 = [[Albion Rovers F.C.|Albion Rovers]] |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1960–1966 |clubs3 = [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] |caps3 = 186 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 1966–1972 |clubs4 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] |caps4 = 187 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 1972–1973 |clubs5 = [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]] |caps5 = 7 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 1974–1975 |clubs6 = [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] |caps6 = 4 |goals6 = 0 }} '''William Murdoch Morrison Whigham''' (9 October 1939 – 3 March 2021) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] in the [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] for [[Albion Rovers F.C.|Albion Rovers]] (as a trialist), [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] and [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]], and in the English [[Football League]] for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] and [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]].<ref name=Hugman>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998 |date=1998 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-1-85291-585-8 |page=574}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/williewhigham.html |title=Willie Whigham |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref>

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