William Crea J. McKenna (5 October 1889 – 18 April 1958), also known as Billy McKenna, was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish League for Queen's Park,

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, Morton and

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. He later served on the Queen's Park committee and as club president.

Personal life

McKenna was married with two daughters. He served in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry in India during the First World War, initially as an enlisted man, prior to being commissioned as a

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in May 1917. Late in the war, he transferred to the Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers & Miners. After the war, McKenna worked in the family tailoring business and later served in the Home Guard during the Second World War.

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1889 births Scottish footballers Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Association football goalkeepers Queen's Park F.C. players Lanarkshire Yeomanry officers Indian Army personnel of World War I British Indian Army officers Falkirk F.C. players Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players 1958 deaths Queen's Park F.C. non-playing staff Footballers from Glasgow British tailors Clydebank F.C. (1914) players People from Gorbals {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub