Bill Gill
Personal information
Full name William Gill
Date of birth (1919-04-15)April 15, 1919
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Westmount
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
CPR Glen Yards
1947–1952 Montréal Stelco
1953–1955 Montréal Hakoah FC
1956 Sparta FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bill Gill (born April 15, 1919, date of death unknown) was a Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He was a member of the Montreal Stelco squad who won the national title in 1952.[1]

In 1952, the year he led Stelco to the national title over Westminster Royals FC, Gill won the McLagan Trophy as Montreal's most valuable player.[2] In 1953, he joined Montréal Hakoah FC and led his new club to the Canadian final, but this time lost the three-game series to Westminster.[3]

References

  1. "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  2. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
  3. Norm Gillespie (August 19, 1953). "Draw with Hakoah". Google. Retrieved August 18, 2018.


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