Bill Gill (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Gill | ||
Date of birth | April 15, 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Westmount | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
CPR Glen Yards | |||
1947–1952 | Montréal Stelco | ||
1953–1955 | Montréal Hakoah FC | ||
1956 | Sparta FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bill Gill (born April 15, 1919, date of death unknown) was a Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He was a member of the Montreal Stelco squad who won the national title in 1952.[1]
In 1952, the year he led Stelco to the national title over Westminster Royals FC, Gill won the McLagan Trophy as Montreal's most valuable player.[2] In 1953, he joined Montréal Hakoah FC and led his new club to the Canadian final, but this time lost the three-game series to Westminster.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
- ^ Norm Gillespie (August 19, 1953). "Draw with Hakoah". Google. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
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