William Dornan (17 January 1893 – 28 May 1937) was a Scottish footballer who appeared 389 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup for Hibernian between 1914 and 1927, playing at left back.[1] He featured in two Scottish Cup finals in 1923 (which Hibs lost to Celtic)[2] and 1924 (defeated by Airdrieonians).[3] He also played for Leith Athletic and Queen of the South.[1][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Holytown, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 28 May 1937 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Pumpherston Rangers | ||
| 1913–1914 | Leith Athletic | 10 | (0) |
| 1914–1928 | Hibernian | 357 | (0) |
| 1914–1915 | → Leith Athletic (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 1928–1931 | Queen of the South | 107 | (1) |
| Total | 499 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dornan was badly injured on 28 May 1937, after being thrown from the top of an oil tank after an explosion, and thereafter being badly burned, at Pumpherston Oil Works in West Lothian. He died later at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b "Hibernian player William Dornan". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Final". Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1923. Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.
- ^ "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Four". Hibs.net. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Ex Hibs player killed | William Dornan killed at Pumpherston, Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry; Retrieved 17 April 2018
- ^ Trapped Between Two Blazing Oil Tanks, Dundee Evening Telegraph, May 28, 1937