Willie Hillhouse
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 Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Hillhouse kneeling, far right | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Hillhouse | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Hurlford, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1968 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Renfrew Victoria | ||
| 1913–1919 | Motherwell | 22 | (1) |
| 1919–1921 | Albion Rovers | 62 | (15) |
| 1921–1925 | Third Lanark | 79 | (13) |
| 1923 | → Nithsdale Wanderers (loan) | ||
| 1925–1926 | Galston | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 168 | (30) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Hillhouse (19 November 1891 – 21 August 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside left.[1][2] The major event of his career was appearing in the 1920 Scottish Cup Final with Albion Rovers, scoring the second of his side's goals in a 3–2 defeat to Kilmarnock (his hometown club).[3][4][5] Hillhouse also played for Motherwell[6] – he was contracted there for six seasons but only played for them in the first two, possibly due to commitments relating to World War I – and Third Lanark, touring South America with the latter in the summer of 1923[7][8] and appearing on the losing side in the Glasgow Cup final later that year.[9]
His younger brother Hugh spent three seasons with Queen's Park;[10] their cousin John, who grew up on the same street in Hurlford, was also a footballer.[1][11]
