William Davidson (born 1883) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, featuring for Queen's Park, Falkirk, Airdrieonians and St Mirren in the Scottish Football League, and for Middlesbrough and Everton in the English Football League,William Davidson, 11v11.com competing exclusively in the top division of both systems.William Davidson, Play Up Liverpool
He was a member of the Falkirk teams that finished league runners-up in the 1907–08 and 1909–10 seasons, and experienced the same fate with Everton in 1911–12.Davidson Willie Image 1 Everton 1911, Vintage Footballers He came from a well-off background and chose to play as an amateur for much of his career, a freedom which allowed him to join the Pilgrims exhibition team which toured North America in the autumn of 1909Great moments in Philly soccer history: Philadelphia Hibernians beat the Pilgrims, 1909, Ed Farnsworth, The Philly Soccer Page, 11 February 2010Pilgrims, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 29 August 2017 before going back to Falkirk.
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