Matt Wilson (footballer)

Matt Wilson
Personal information
Full name Matthew Wilson
Date of birth 1842
Date of death

20 May 1897 (aged 5455)

Playing position Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1881–1887 Distillery 23 (0)
National team
1884 Ireland 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Matthew Wilson, known as Matt Wilson and nicknamed Daddy Wilson (1842 – 20 May 1897) was an Irish international footballer who played club football for Distillery as a right back.

Wilson earned three caps for Ireland at the 1884 British Home Championship.

Wilson played alongside his son Bob in the 1886 Irish Cup Final.

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