Willie McAndrew | |
Fullname: | William McAndrew[1] |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1887 |
Birth Place: | Kirkintilloch, Scotland |
Death Date: | [2] |
Position: | Half back |
Years1: | 1907–1910 |
Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
Caps1: | 105 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1910–1920 |
Clubs2: | Clyde |
Caps2: | 158 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1920–1922 |
Clubs3: | Third Lanark |
Caps3: | 57 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1922–1923 |
Clubs4: | Dundee Hibernian |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1911–1912 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish Football League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1923 |
Managerclubs1: | Dundee Hibernian (caretaker) |
Manageryears2: | 1925–1946 |
Managerclubs2: | Hamilton Academical |
Manageryears3: | 1947 |
Managerclubs3: | Dunfermline Athletic |
William McAndrew (3 September 1887 – 23 December 1965) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He played for Queen's Park, Clyde, Third Lanark and Dundee Hibernian.[3]
During his Clyde career, he played for the club in the 1912 Scottish Cup Final and represented the Scottish League three times.[4] After a spell as caretaker player-manager while with Dundee Hibernian,[5] [6] McAndrew got his first permanent appointment as a manager with Hamilton Academical in 1925.[7] He remained in the role for 21 years, taking the club to the 1935 Scottish Cup Final as well as a fourth place League finish in the same season. He briefly managed Dunfermline Athletic in 1947.
McAndrew served in the First World War as a lieutenant in the Glasgow Highlanders and was held as a prisoner of war.[8]