Hugh Wilson (5 August 1859 – 14 December 1946) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Dumbarton in the 1880s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Wilson | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1859 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauchline, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 December 1946 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Dumbarton, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1877–1884 | Mauchline | ||
| 1884–1886 | Dumbarton | ||
| International career | |||
| 1885 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He began his career at hometown club Mauchline and was playing for them in 1878 when they won the Ayrshire Cup, and represented the county in several of the regional challenge matches which were played in that era against the likes of Edinburgh and Birmingham.[2] He moved to Dumbarton in 1884.[3]
Wilson was capped once by Scotland when he played against Wales on 23 March 1885.[4][1] He was included in the team as a late replacement for his Dumbarton colleague Leitch Keir, with the appearance wrongly attributed to Keir in most reference books for several decades afterwards.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Hugh Wilson of Dumbarton, a 'missing' internationalist". Scottish Sport History. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "[Scotland player] Hugh Wilson". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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