Willie McKenna
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Crea J McKenna[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Gorbals, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 April 1958 (aged 68)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Queen's Park | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1908 | Queen's Park | 17 | (0) |
| 1908–1910 | Falkirk | ||
| 1910 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 7 | (0) |
| 1910 | Morton | ||
| 1910–1911 | Queen's Park | 18 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William Crea J "Willie" McKenna, also known as Billy McKenna, was a Scottish amateur football goalkeeper who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Falkirk, Port Glasgow Athletic and Morton.[1][3] He later served on the Queen's Park committee and as club president.[2]
Personal life
McKenna was married with two daughters.[4] He served in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry in India during the First World War, initially as an enlisted man, prior to being commissioned as a second lieutenant in May 1917.[2] Late in the war, he transferred to the Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers & Miners.[2] After the war, McKenna worked in the family tailoring business and later served in the Home Guard during the Second World War.[4]
References
- 1 2 "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Port Glasgow Athletic Player William C J McKenna Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- 1 2 "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At October 2016" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2016.