Bill Paterson (footballer born 1898)

Infobox Football biography
playername= Bill Paterson
fullname = Bill Paterson


dateofbirth = birth date|1898|3|5
cityofbirth = Hill O’Beath
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = 1970
cityofdeath = Cowdenbeath
countryofdeath = Scotland
height =
position = Center Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Cowdenbeath
years = 1921-1923
1924
1925
1925-1926
1926
1926-1927
1927-1928
1928-1930
1930
1930
1931
clubs = Derby County
Cowdenbeath
Armadale
Coventry City
Springfield Babes
Fall River Marksmen
New Bedford Whalers
Providence Gold Bugs
New Bedford Whalers
Brooklyn Wanderers
Fall River F.C.
caps(goals) = 66 (24)
40 (25)
13 0(7)
20 (15)
48 (28)
65 (65)
20 (21)
13 0(5)
17 (11)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Bill Paterson (born March 5, 1898 in Hill O’Beath, Scotland; died 1980 in Cowdenbeath, Scotland) was a Scottish football center forward. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England in 1925. In 1926, he joined the American Soccer League where he led the league in scoring in the fall 1929 season.

Paterson spent time with Cowdenbeath F.C. before moving to Derby County of the Football League in 1921. He spent two seasons with Derby before rejoining Cowdenbeath. He also spent time with Armadale F.C. He then played with Coventry City during the 1925-1926 season. In the fall of 1926, he moved to the United States were he signed with the Springfield Babes of the American Soccer League. Paterson played only thirteen games of the 1925-1926 season with Springfield before jumping to the Fall River Marksmen for twenty games. He did not finish the season with Fall River, but moved to the New Bedford Whalers for seven games. He spent the full 1927-1928 season in New Bedford, but was transferred to the Providence Gold Bugs seven games into the 1928-1929 season. He finished the 1929 fall season as the league’s leading scorer with twenty-seven goals in twenty-two games. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1929.html U.S. Soccer History - 1929] ] In 1930, Patterson began the season with the New Bedford Whalers only to jump to the Brooklyn Wanderers. He then played the fall 1931 season with Fall River F.C.. [cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) ]

External links

* [http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=2941|0|2C77115877143|R|711|150422972004319366531&parentkey=2941|0|2C77115877143|p|711|0 Derby County career details]

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