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Scottish footballer (died 1949) For the American football player, see Willie Taylor (American football).

Willie Taylor
Personal information

Full name	William Kay Taylor
Date of birth	(1869-11-30)30 November 1869
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	24 December 1948(1948-12-24) (aged 79)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside right
Youth career
0000–1888	Dalry Primrose
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1888–1900	Heart of Midlothian	119	(62)
1890	→ St Bernard's (guest)
1893	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	10	(1)
1900–1901	Leith Athletic	10	(1)
1902–1903	Barholm Rovers
International career
1892	Scotland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Kay Taylor (30 November 1869 – 24 December 1948), also known as Cocky Taylor, was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers, Leith Athletic and the Scotland national team.

Taylor finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1896–97 season with 12 goals as Hearts won the championship. He also won the Scottish Cup with the Edinburgh club in 1891 and 1896, but only played once in their other title-winning campaign of 1894–95.

References

Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
Willie Taylor at the Scottish Football Association
(Scotland player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club
John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Mitchell, Andy (7 June 2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939. Dunblane: self-published. p. 120. ISBN 979-8513846642.
Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF
(Hearts player) Willie Taylor, London Hearts Supporters Club

v t e Scottish league football top division top scorers
League	1891: Bell 1892: Bell 1893: Campbell / McMahon
Division One	1894: McMahon 1895: J. Miller 1896: Martin 1897: Taylor 1898: Hamilton 1899: Hamilton 1900: Hamilton / Michael 1901: Hamilton 1902: Maxwell 1903: D. Reid 1904: Hamilton 1905: Hamilton / Quinn 1906: Quinn 1907: Quinn 1908: Simpson 1909: Hunter 1910: Quinn 1911: W. Reid 1912: W. Reid 1913: J. Reid 1914: J. Reid 1915: Gracie / Richardson 1916: McColl 1917: Yarnall 1918: H. Ferguson 1919: McLean 1920: H. Ferguson 1921: H. Ferguson 1922: Walker 1923: White 1924: Halliday 1925: Devlin 1926: Devlin 1927: McGrory 1928: McGrory 1929: Morrison 1930: Yorston 1931: Battles 1932: MacFadyen 1933: MacFadyen 1934: Smith 1935: Smith 1936: McGrory 1937: Wilson 1938: Black 1939: Venters
Division A	1947: Mitchell 1948: Aikman 1949: Stott 1950: Bauld 1951: Reilly 1952: Reilly 1953: Fleming / Reilly 1954: Wardhaugh 1955: Bauld 1956: Wardhaugh
Division One	1957: Baird 1958: Bauld / Murray 1959: Baker 1960: Baker 1961: Harley 1962: Gilzean 1963: Millar 1964: Gilzean 1965: Forrest 1966: A. Ferguson / McBride 1967: Chalmers 1968: Lennox 1969: Cameron 1970: Stein 1971: Hood 1972: Harper 1973: Gordon 1974: Deans 1975: Gray / Pettigrew
Premier Division	1976: Dalglish 1977: Pettigrew 1978: Johnstone 1979: Ritchie 1980: Somner 1981: McGarvey 1982: McCluskey 1983: Nicholas 1984: McClair 1985: McDougall 1986: McCoist 1987: McClair 1988: Coyne 1989: McGhee / Nicholas 1990: Robertson 1991: Coyne 1992: McCoist 1993: McCoist 1994: Hateley 1995: Coyne 1996: Van Hooijdonk 1997: Cadete 1998: Negri
SPL	1999: Larsson 2000: Viduka 2001: Larsson 2002: Larsson 2003: Larsson 2004: Larsson 2005: Hartson 2006: Boyd 2007: Boyd 2008: McDonald 2009: Boyd 2010: Boyd 2011: K. Miller 2012: Hooper 2013: Higdon
Premiership	2014: Commons 2015: Rooney 2016: Griffiths 2017: Boyce 2018: Boyd 2019: Morelos 2020: Édouard 2021: Édouard 2022: Charles-Cook / Giakoumakis 2023: Furuhashi 2024: Shankland

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