Willie Sharp
| Willie Sharp |
 William Sharp was born on Thursday, 25th May, 1922, in Dennistoun, Glasgow. The 5' 9 (10st 9lbs) forward signed for Donald Turner's Thistle on Tuesday, 30th May, 1939, having most recently been with Shettleston Juniors. Aged 17, he made his debut appearance on Tuesday, 26th September, 1939, in an 11-3 friendly win at home to Glasgow Highlanders. That day, Willie achieved the rare feat of scoring a hat-trick on his debut! He scored the last of his 239 goals on Saturday, 10th November, 1956, in a 1-0 win away to Airdrieonians in the SFL First Division. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 9th February, 1957, in a 1-1 draw away to Kilmarnock in the SFL First Division, having clocked up a mighty 581 appearances as a Jag. His club-list included Shettleston Juniors and Partick Thistle. Willie died on Thursday, 16th January, 1992, in Glasgow, aged 69. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 17y, 4m, 1d | |
26.09.1939 Glasgow Highlanders [h] W11-3 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 9m, 13d | |
09.03.1940 Celtic [a] D1-1 (Regional League, Western Division - game 16) |
| 17y, 9m, 20d | |
16.03.1940 Airdrieonians [h] W3-2 (Regional League, Western Division - game 17) |
| 17y, 10m, 0d | |
25.03.1940 Rangers [a] D2-2 (Regional League, Western Division - game 19) |
| 17y, 10m, 16d | |
10.04.1940 Queen's Park [h] W6-0 (Regional League, Western Division - game 22) |
| 17y, 10m, 26d | |
20.04.1940 Third Lanark [h] W4-1 (Regional League, Western Division - game 24) |
| 17y, 11m, 2d | |
27.04.1940 St Mirren [a] L1-3 (Regional League, Western Division - game 26) |
| 18y, 3m, 13d | |
07.09.1940 Clyde [h] D3-3 (Southern League - game 5) |
| 18y, 3m, 27d | |
21.09.1940 Heart of Midlothian [h] W4-2 (Southern League - game 7) |
| 18y, 4m, 17d | |
12.10.1940 Motherwell [h] W3-0 (Southern League - game 10) |
| 18y, 4m, 24d | |
19.10.1940 Falkirk [a] L1-4 (Southern League - game 11) |
| 18y, 7m, 10d | |
04.01.1941 Queen's Park [h] W4-0 (Southern League - game 21) |
| 18y, 7m, 17d | |
11.01.1941 Hibernian [h] L1-2 (Southern League - game 22) |
| 18y, 8m, 0d | |
25.01.1941 Falkirk [h] W4-0 (Southern League - game 24) |
| 18y, 8m, 21d | |
15.02.1941 Third Lanark [h] L2-3 (Southern League - game 27) |
| 18y, 9m, 18d | |
15.03.1941 Celtic [a] W4-2 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 3) |
| 18y, 9m, 25d | |
22.03.1941 Motherwell [h] D4-4 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 4) |
| 18y, 10m, 4d | |
29.03.1941 Airdrieonians [a] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 5) |
| 18y, 10m, 28d | |
22.04.1941 Clyde [a] L3-5 (Southern League - game 29) |
| 18y, 11m, 1d | |
26.04.1941 Celtic [h] W3-2 (Southern League - game 30) |
| 18y, 11m, 25d | |
20.05.1941 Clyde [h] W7-5 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) |
| 19y, 2m, 22d | |
16.08.1941 Rangers [h] L2-3 (Southern League - game 2) |
| 19y, 2m, 29d | |
23.08.1941 Heart of Midlothian [a] L1-4 (Southern League - game 3) |
| 19y, 3m, 2d | |
27.08.1941 Queen's Park [h] W5-3 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 19y, 3m, 19d | |
13.09.1941 Queen's Park [h] L2-3 (Southern League - game 6) |
| 19y, 3m, 26d | |
20.09.1941 Dumbarton [a] W7-2 (Southern League - game 7) |
| 19y, 4m, 2d | |
27.09.1941 Hamilton Academical [h] W7-0 (Southern League - game 8) |
| 19y, 4m, 9d | |
04.10.1941 Falkirk [h] D1-1 (Southern League - game 9) |
| 19y, 4m, 23d | |
18.10.1941 Third Lanark [h] W7-2 (Southern League - game 11) |
| 19y, 5m, 7d | |
01.11.1941 St Mirren [h] D1-1 (Southern League - game 13) |
| 19y, 5m, 14d | |
08.11.1941 Hibernian [h] W3-2 (Southern League - game 14) |
| 19y, 7m, 2d | |
27.12.1941 Hamilton Academical [a] W6-3 (Southern League - game 21) |
| 19y, 7m, 9d | |
03.01.1942 Queen's Park [a] D2-2 (Southern League - game 23) |
| 19y, 7m, 16d | |
10.01.1942 Falkirk [a] L1-2 (Southern League - game 24) |
| 19y, 8m, 6d | |
31.01.1942 Third Lanark [a] L2-3 (Southern League - game 26) |
| 19y, 9m, 3d | |
28.02.1942 Clyde [a] W2-1 (Southern League Cup Section 3 - game 1) |
| 19y, 9m, 17d | |
14.03.1942 Albion Rovers [h] W5-2 (Southern League Cup Section 3 - game 2) |
| 20y, 5m, 13d | |
07.11.1942 Albion Rovers [h] W6-2 (Southern League - game 13) |
| 20y, 7m, 1d | |
26.12.1942 Hamilton Academical [h] D4-4 (Southern League - game 20) |
| 20y, 7m, 15d | |
09.01.1943 Airdrieonians [a] W5-3 (Southern League - game 23) |
| 20y, 7m, 22d | |
16.01.1943 Third Lanark [h] W2-1 (Southern League - game 24) |
| 20y, 7m, 29d | |
23.01.1943 St Mirren [h] W8-1 (Southern League - game 25) |
| 20y, 8m, 19d | |
13.02.1943 Albion Rovers [a] W5-1 (Southern League - game 28) |
| 20y, 9m, 2d | |
27.02.1943 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 1) |
| 20y, 11m, 20d | |
15.05.1943 Third Lanark [h] L2-3 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final) |
| 21y, 3m, 3d | |
28.08.1943 Celtic [a] W3-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 21y, 4m, 28d | |
23.10.1943 Airdrieonians [h] W6-1 (Southern League - game 10) |
| 21y, 5m, 12d | |
06.11.1943 Hibernian [h] W3-1 (Southern League - game 12) |
| 21y, 5m, 19d | |
13.11.1943 Third Lanark [h] W6-1 (Southern League - game 13) |
| 21y, 5m, 26d | |
20.11.1943 St Mirren [a] L1-3 (Southern League - game 14) |
| 21y, 8m, 4d | |
29.01.1944 Falkirk [h] W3-2 (Southern League - game 25) |
| 21y, 10m, 7d | |
01.04.1944 Hamilton Academical [h] W4-2 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 5) |
| 22y, 0m, 9d | |
03.06.1944 Third Lanark [h] W3-1 (Summer Cup 1st Round, 1st leg) |
| 22y, 0m, 16d | |
10.06.1944 Third Lanark [a] W3-2 (Summer Cup 1st Round, 2nd leg) agg: W6-3 |
| 22y, 2m, 18d | |
12.08.1944 Queen's Park [h] W2-1 (Southern League - game 1) |
| 22y, 2m, 25d | |
19.08.1944 Dumbarton [a] L1-4 (Southern League - game 2) |
| 22y, 3m, 8d | |
02.09.1944 Albion Rovers [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 3) |
| 22y, 5m, 10d | |
04.11.1944 Airdrieonians [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 12) |
| 22y, 6m, 0d | |
25.11.1944 Queen's Park [a] L2-5 (Southern League - game 15) |
| 22y, 6m, 7d | |
02.12.1944 Dumbarton [h] L1-2 (Southern League - game 16) |
| 22y, 7m, 12d | |
06.01.1945 Hamilton Academical [h] W3-1 (Southern League - game 22) |
| 23y, 2m, 22d | |
16.08.1945 Rangers [a] L2-4 (Southern League, Division A - game 2) |
| 23y, 3m, 0d | |
25.08.1945 Third Lanark [a] W2-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 23y, 3m, 14d | |
08.09.1945 Clyde [a] W2-0 (Southern League, Division A - game 5) |
| 23y, 4m, 18d | |
13.10.1945 St Mirren [a] W2-0 (Southern League, Division A - game 10) |
| 23y, 4m, 25d | |
20.10.1945 Third Lanark [h] W6-2 (Southern League, Division A - game 11) |
| 23y, 5m, 2d | |
27.10.1945 Kilmarnock [h] W5-3 (Southern League, Division A - game 12) |
| 23y, 5m, 9d | |
03.11.1945 Motherwell [a] L1-2 (Southern League, Division A - game 13) |
| 23y, 5m, 30d | |
24.11.1945 Hamilton Academical [h] W5-1 (Southern League, Division A - game 16) |
| 23y, 6m, 27d | |
22.12.1945 Queen of the South [a] L3-5 (Southern League, Division A - game 20) |
| 23y, 8m, 1d | |
26.01.1946 Kilmarnock [a] L1-2 (Southern League, Division A - game 27) |
| 23y, 8m, 8d | |
02.02.1946 Motherwell [h] W3-0 (Southern League, Division A - game 28) |
| 23y, 9m, 5d | |
02.03.1946 Kilmarnock [h] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Division A, Section C- game 2) |
| 23y, 9m, 26d | |
23.03.1946 Kilmarnock [a] D2-2 (Southern League Cup Division A, Section C- game 5) |
| 23y, 10m, 23d | |
17.04.1946 Combined Services [a] L1-2 (Friendly) |
| 23y, 10m, 30d | |
24.04.1946 Clachnacuddin [h] W7-1 (Victory Cup 1st Round, 2nd leg) agg: W9-3 |
| 24y, 2m, 16d | |
10.08.1946 Hamilton Academical [h] W4-1 (SFL Division A - game 1) |
| 24y, 2m, 23d | |
17.08.1946 Morton [a] W4-3 (SFL Division A - game 3) |
| 24y, 2m, 27d | |
21.08.1946 Queen's Park [h] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 4) |
| 24y, 3m, 17d | |
11.09.1946 Third Lanark [h] L2-3 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |
| 24y, 4m, 5d | |
30.09.1946 Rangers [h] W3-2 (SFL Division A - game 10) |
| 24y, 4m, 10d | |
05.10.1946 Heart of Midlothian [h] D4-4 (League Cup Division A, Section A - game 3) |
| 24y, 4m, 24d | |
19.10.1946 Clyde [a] L1-3 (League Cup Division A, Section A - game 5) |
| 24y, 5m, 8d | |
02.11.1946 Kilmarnock [a] L1-3 (SFL Division A - game 11) |
| 24y, 5m, 22d | |
16.11.1946 Celtic [h] W4-1 (SFL Division A - game 13) |
| 24y, 6m, 5d | |
30.11.1946 Falkirk [h] W4-1 (SFL Division A - game 15) |
| 24y, 7m, 7d | |
01.01.1947 Clyde [a] W4-2 (SFL Division A - game 20) |
| 24y, 7m, 24d | |
18.01.1947 St Mirren [a] W4-1 (SFL Division A - game 24) |
| 24y, 9m, 11d | |
08.03.1947 Third Lanark [h] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 25) |
| 24y, 10m, 11d | |
05.04.1947 Ayr United [a] D2-2 (Friendly) |
| 24y, 10m, 18d | |
12.04.1947 Kilmarnock [h] W5-2 (SFL Division A - game 27) |
| 24y, 10m, 29d | |
23.04.1947 Clyde [a] W4-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) |
| 24y, 11m, 1d | |
26.04.1947 Motherwell [a] D3-3 (SFL Division A - game 29) |
| 24y, 11m, 25d | |
20.05.1947 Norway XI [a] W2-1 (Friendly) |
| 25y, 2m, 15d | |
09.08.1947 Falkirk [a] W6-5 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 1) |
| 25y, 3m, 12d | |
06.09.1947 Queen's Park [a] L3-4 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 5) |
| 25y, 3m, 19d | |
13.09.1947 Morton [h] W4-1 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 6) |
| 25y, 3m, 26d | |
20.09.1947 Clyde [a] W4-2 (SFL Division A - game 3) |
| 25y, 4m, 9d | |
04.10.1947 Morton [a] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 5) |
| 25y, 4m, 16d | |
11.10.1947 Airdrieonians [h] W8-2 (SFL Division A - game 6) |
| 25y, 6m, 25d | |
20.12.1947 Queen of the South [h] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 16) |
| 25y, 8m, 13d | |
07.02.1948 Dundee United [h] W4-3 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) aet |
| 25y, 9m, 17d | |
13.03.1948 Third Lanark [h] D2-2 (SFL Division A - game 26) |
| 25y, 10m, 0d | |
25.03.1948 Ross County [a] W3-1 (Friendly) |
| 25y, 10m, 4d | |
29.03.1948 Caledonian [a] W6-2 (Friendly) |
| 26y, 3m, 3d | |
28.08.1948 Queen of the South [a] L2-8 (SFL Division A - game 4) |
| 26y, 3m, 7d | |
01.09.1948 Rangers [h] D1-1 (SFL Division A - game 5) |
| 26y, 3m, 14d | |
08.09.1948 Celtic [a] L1-2 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |
| 26y, 5m, 12d | |
06.11.1948 Heart of Midlothian [a] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 9) |
| 26y, 6m, 9d | |
04.12.1948 Celtic [h] L1-2 (SFL Division A - game 13) |
| 26y, 7m, 9d | |
03.01.1949 Queen of the South [h] D1-1 (SFL Division A - game 18) |
| 26y, 8m, 4d | |
29.01.1949 Rangers [a] D2-2 (SFL Division A - game 21) |
| 26y, 10m, 8d | |
02.04.1949 Falkirk [a] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 26) |
| 26y, 10m, 19d | |
13.04.1949 St Mirren [h] W3-0 (SFL Division A - game 28) |
| 26y, 10m, 29d | |
23.04.1949 Dundee [a] L2-4 (SFL Division A - game 30) |
| 26y, 11m, 5d | |
30.04.1949 Clyde [h] W3-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) |
| 27y, 2m, 26d | |
20.08.1949 Dundee [a] L2-5 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 3) |
| 27y, 6m, 29d | |
24.12.1949 Rangers [h] L1-3 (SFL Division A - game 15) |
| 27y, 8m, 20d | |
14.02.1950 Dundee United [h] W5-0 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) |
| 27y, 9m, 14d | |
11.03.1950 Stirling Albion [h] W5-1 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final) |
| 27y, 9m, 21d | |
18.03.1950 Third Lanark [a] W7-2 (SFL Division A - game 25) |
| 27y, 10m, 14d | |
08.04.1950 Queen of the South [h] W5-2 (SFL Division A - game 27) |
| 27y, 10m, 23d | |
17.04.1950 Heart of Midlothian [a] D3-3 (SFL Division A - game 29) |
| 28y, 2m, 22d | |
16.08.1950 Airdrieonians [a] W3-2 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 2) |
| 28y, 4m, 19d | |
14.10.1950 Morton [a] L2-3 (SFL Division A - game 5) |
| 28y, 7m, 26d | |
20.01.1951 Hibernian [a] D1-1 (SFL Division A - game 17) |
| 28y, 9m, 13d | |
10.03.1951 East Fife [h] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 21) |
| 28y, 9m, 27d | |
24.03.1951 Third Lanark [a] L2-4 (SFL Division A - game 23) |
| 28y, 10m, 6d | |
31.03.1951 Falkirk [h] W4-1 (SFL Division A - game 24) |
| 28y, 10m, 13d | |
07.04.1951 Morton [h] W1-0 (SFL Division A - game 25) |
| 29y, 1m, 5d | |
30.06.1951 Deveronvale [a] W9-3 (Friendly) |
| 29y, 6m, 13d | |
08.12.1951 Airdrieonians [h] W5-2 (SFL Division A - game 13) |
| 29y, 7m, 4d | |
29.12.1951 Morton [a] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 17) |
| 29y, 7m, 7d | |
01.01.1952 Third Lanark [h] W4-2 (SFL Division A - game 18) |
| 29y, 8m, 22d | |
16.02.1952 Aberdeen [h] L1-4 (SFL Division A - game 24) |
| 30y, 2m, 29d | |
23.08.1952 Hibernian [a] L1-3 (League Cup Division A, Section A - game 4) |
| 30y, 3m, 16d | |
10.09.1952 Third Lanark [h] W4-2 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |
| 30y, 9m, 3d | |
28.02.1953 East Fife [a] W3-2 (SFL Division A - game 23) |
| 30y, 11m, 2d | |
27.04.1953 Queen's Park [h] L*2-2 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) * lost coin toss |
| 31y, 2m, 21d | |
15.08.1953 Dundee [a] D1-1 (League Cup Division A, Section D - game 3) |
| 31y, 3m, 1d | |
26.08.1953 Stirling Albion [h] W3-0 (League Cup Division A, Section D - game 5) |
| 31y, 3m, 4d | |
29.08.1953 Dundee [h] W4-0 (League Cup Division A, Section D - game 6) |
| 31y, 3m, 18d | |
12.09.1953 Kilmarnock [a] L3-4 (League Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg) |
| 31y, 3m, 25d | |
19.09.1953 Clyde [a] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 2) |
| 31y, 5m, 27d | |
21.11.1953 St Mirren [h] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 9) |
| 31y, 6m, 3d | |
28.11.1953 Celtic [a] L1-2 (SFL Division A - game 10) |
| 31y, 7m, 1d | |
26.12.1953 Heart of Midlothian [a] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 14) |
| 31y, 7m, 7d | |
01.01.1954 Clyde [h] L3-4 (SFL Division A - game 15) |
| 31y, 7m, 8d | |
02.01.1954 Queen of the South [a] W6-2 (SFL Division A - game 16) |
| 31y, 7m, 29d | |
23.01.1954 Raith Rovers [h] W5-3 (SFL Division A - game 19) |
| 31y, 8m, 19d | |
13.02.1954 Tarff Rovers [a] W9-1 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) |
| 31y, 9m, 9d | |
06.03.1954 Stirling Albion [h] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 22) |
| 31y, 9m, 23d | |
20.03.1954 Celtic [h] L1-3 (SFL Division A - game 23) |
| 31y, 9m, 27d | |
24.03.1954 St Mirren [a] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 24) |
| 31y, 10m, 6d | |
31.03.1954 Airdrieonians [a] W6-3 (SFL Division A - game 26) |
| 31y, 10m, 16d | |
10.04.1954 Hamilton Academical [h] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 27) |
| 31y, 10m, 30d | |
24.04.1954 Falkirk [h] W5-1 (SFL Division A - game 30) |
| 32y, 4m, 28d | |
23.10.1954 Queen of the South [a] W3-2 (SFL Division A - game 7) |
| 32y, 5m, 26d | |
20.11.1954 Celtic [h] W4-2 (SFL Division A - game 11) |
| 32y, 6m, 9d | |
04.12.1954 Stirling Albion [h] D3-3 (SFL Division A - game 13) |
| 32y, 7m, 7d | |
01.01.1955 Clyde [a] D2-2 (SFL Division A - game 17) |
| 32y, 8m, 11d | |
05.02.1955 Dunfermline Athletic [a] L2-4 (Scottish Cup 5th Round) |
| 33y, 2m, 26d | |
20.08.1955 Raith Rovers [h] W4-0 (League Cup Section 2 - game 3) |
| 33y, 4m, 20d | |
15.10.1955 Rangers [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 5) |
| 33y, 5m, 4d | |
29.10.1955 Raith Rovers [h] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 7) |
| 33y, 6m, 15d | |
10.12.1955 Airdrieonians [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 13) |
| 33y, 9m, 14d | |
10.03.1956 St Mirren [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 23) |
| 33y, 9m, 21d | |
17.03.1956 Stirling Albion [h] W6-1 (SFL First Division - game 24) |
| 33y, 10m, 8d | |
02.04.1956 Heart of Midlothian [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 27) |
| 33y, 10m, 13d | |
07.04.1956 Motherwell [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 28) |
| 33y, 11m, 0d | |
25.04.1956 Queen of the South [h] W9-1 (SFL First Division - game 32) |
| 33y, 11m, 17d | |
12.05.1956 Third Lanark [n] L2-4 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final) |
| 34y, 4m, 25d | |
20.10.1956 Kilmarnock [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 5) |
| 34y, 5m, 16d | |
10.11.1956 Airdrieonians [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 7) |
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