William Bulloch (18 February 1883 – 10 February 1954)Willie Bulloch
The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2022 was a Scottish

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who played mainly as a

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. Although he began his career with short spells elsewhere including Port Glasgow Athletic,

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(signing along with Bobby Steel who established himself in London, while Bulloch did not make it out of their reserve team) and

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

, Bulloch featured primarily for

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club

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where he spent thirteen seasons (all in the top division), making 474 appearances for the ''Jags'' in all competitions and scoring 8 goals. He was

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of the Partick team that won the

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with a 1–0 win over Rangers. Bulloch was selected twice for the

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,(SFL player) William Bulloch
London Hearts Supporters Club and in 1921 toured North America with 'Scotland' (organised by

Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish ...

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