Willie Lennie

Willie Lennie
Personal information
Full name	William Lennie
Date of birth	26 January 1882
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	23 August 1954 (aged 72)
Place of death	Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Maryhill
1901–1902	Queen's Park
1902–1903	Rangers
1903–1904	Dundee
1904–1905	Fulham
1905–1913	Aberdeen
1913–1914	Falkirk
1914–1915	St Johnstone
Total
International career
1908	Scotland
1910	Scottish League XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie Lennie (26 January 1882 – 23 August 1954) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Queen's Park, Rangers, Dundee, Fulham and Aberdeen.^[3]

Lennie joined Aberdeen from Fulham in 1905 and spent eight years with the club, becoming the first Aberdeen player to play for Scotland in 1908.^[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queens Park	1901–02	Scottish Division One	6	0	3	1	9	1
Rangers	1901–02	Scottish Division One	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1902–03	Scottish Division One	5	2	0	0	5	2
	Total		5	2	0	0	5	2
Dundee	1903–04	Scottish Division One	16	7	5	1	21	8
Fulham	1904–05	SFL / WFL	17	3	0	0	17+	3+
Aberdeen	1905–06	Scottish Division One	29	6	2	0	31	6
	1906–07		31	9	2	0	33	9
	1907–08		31	10	6	1	37	11
	1908–09		29	12	2	1	31	13
	1909–10		31	8	3	1	34	9
	1910–11		27	7	4	0	31	7
	1911–12		28	7	5	2	33	9
	1912–13		22	2	0	0	22	2
	Total		228	61	24	5	252	66
Falkirk	1913–14	Scottish Division One	15	2	-	-	15+	2+
St Johnstone	1914–15	Scottish Division Two	5	2	-	-	5+	2+
Career total			292	77	32+	7+	324+	84+

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1908	2	1
Total		2	1

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lennie goal

List of international goals scored by Willie Lennie
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	7 March 1908	Dens Park, Dundee	Wales	2–1	2–1	1907–08 British Home Championship	^[10]

^ "[Scotland player] William Lennie". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ "[SFL player] Willie Lennie". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Willie Lennie". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Rangers Player William Lennie Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Willie Lennie". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ Willie Lennie at the Scottish Football Association
^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (2 March 2023). "Scotland - International Matches 1901-1910". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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