Watty Borthwick
Personal information
Full name Walter Borthwick[1]
Date of birth 9 January 1890
Place of birth Leith, Scotland
Date of death 15 March 1969(1969-03-15) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death Loanhead, Scotland
Position(s) Right back, half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1910 Leith Athletic 3 (0)
1910– Broxburn Shamrock
East Fife
0000–1916 Cowdenbeath
1916–1918 Hibernian 54 (0)
1918–1922 Partick Thistle 115 (1)
1920 → Dalbeattie Star (loan)
1923–1925 Nithsdale Wanderers 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Borthwick (9 January 1890 – 15 March 1969) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Nithsdale Wanderers and Leith Athletic as a right back.[1]

Personal life

Borthwick's older brother Jack also became a footballer.[2] He later worked as a school janitor and died of cardiac arrest in 1969.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leith Athletic 1909–10[1] Scottish Division Two 3 0 0 0 ― 3 0
Hibernian 1916–17[1] Scottish League 27 0 ― ― 27 0
1917–18[1] 27 0 ― ― 27 0
Total 54 0 ― ― 54 0
Partick Thistle 1918–19[1] Scottish League 25 1 ― ― 25 1
1919–20[1] 20 0 3 0 ― 23 0
1920–21[1] 13 0 4 0 ― 17 0
1921–22[1] Scottish Division One 3 0 0 0 ― 3 0
Total 115 1 7 0 ― 122 1
Nithsdale Wanderers 1923–24[1] Scottish Division Three 4 0 ― 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 5 0
Career total 176 1 7 0 1 0 184 1

Honours

Partick Thistle

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. 1 2 3 "Watty Borthwick". The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Partick Thistle F.C. at the Football Club History Database


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