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  • Billy Dickson scored his first international goal in his debut match on 24 Mar 1888
  • Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Billy Dickson

William Alexander Dickson
Billy Dickson
Born on 5 July 1866, Rattray
Died on 1 June 1910, Stoke-upon-Trent (aged 43)

National team appearances of Billy Dickson

TeamPeriodCapsCapt.Sub. inSub. offGoalsPen.Goals/ Caps
Scotland
1888144.000
Total:144.000

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballerPeriodCapsCapt.Sub. inSub. offGoalsPen.Goals/ Caps
Strathmore FC, Dundee24 Mar 1888144.000
Player stats by competition
Competition
Played
Goals
Goals/ Caps
British Championship (BC)
1
4
4.000
Total:
1
4
4.000
Career highlights
Match dateOpponent teamEventAge
24 Mar 1888
Ireland
debut; first goal; first hat-trick21 years 8 months 19 days
Record of Billy Dickson's goals by opponent team
Opponent teamGoalsPen.Matches
with goals
Matches by goals in a matchGoals/Matches
with goals
CapsGoals/Caps
123>3
Ireland
4114.00014.000
Record of national team matches played by Billy Dickson
National teamPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstWinning Percentage
Scotland national football team1100102100.0

Billy Dickson's international caps

as player of Strathmore FC, Dundee:
debut age, age when scoring first goal - 21 years 8 months 19 days
1
24 Mar 1888 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Oldpark Avenue

British Championship 1888
goal
Comments

db - posted on 25 April 2021 at 07:05:38

Born as William Anderson Dickson (link: )
Died as William Alexander Dickson (link: )

jakob76 - posted on 20 June 2021 at 02:48:27

Billy Dickson (William Alexander Dickson)

Born with the surname ’McFarlane’, but it was changed to Dickson when his mother married in 1871.

Date of birth: 5 July 1866 in Rattray, Perthshire

Source: The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who’s Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 [Andy Mitchell, 2021]
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