William Dornan

William Dornan (1893 – 28 May 1937) was a Scottish footballer who appeared 389 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup for Hibernian between 1914 and 1927, playing at left back.[1] He featured in two Scottish Cup finals in 1923 (which Hibs lost to Celtic)[2] and 1924 (defeated by Airdrieonians).[3] He also played for Leith Athletic and Queen of the South.[1][4]

William Dornan
Personal information
Date of birth 1893
Place of birth Holytown, Scotland
Date of death 28 May 1937 (aged 39–40)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Pumpherston Rangers
1913–1914 Leith Athletic 10 (0)
1914–1928 Hibernian 357 (0)
1914–1915 → Leith Athletic (loan) 25 (0)
1928–1931 Queen of the South 107 (1)
Total 499 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dornan was badly injured on 28 May 1937, after being thrown from the top of an oil tank after an explosion, and thereafter being badly burned, at Pumpherston Oil Works in West Lothian. He died later at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[5][6]

References
  1. "Hibernian player William Dornan". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. "Scottish Cup Final". Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1923. Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.
  3. "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Four". Hibs.net. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Ex Hibs player killed | William Dornan killed at Pumpherston, Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry; Retrieved 17 April 2018
  6. Trapped Between Two Blazing Oil Tanks, Dundee Evening Telegraph, May 28, 1937
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