William Michael was a Scottish professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played for
Heart of Midlothian between 1893 and 1900, interspersed by a one-season spell with
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
.
Michael was the top scorer in the
Scottish League Division One
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km sout ...
in the 1899–1900 season, scoring 15 goals. He played for the
Scottish Football League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...
once, in February 1899.
References
External links
LFC History profile
1874 births
20th-century deaths
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
Scottish men's footballers
Year of death missing
Liverpool F.C. players
Bristol City F.C. players
Falkirk F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Scottish league football top scorers
Men's association football forwards
Wishaw Thistle F.C. players
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