William Telfer (21 March 1909 – 15 May 1986) was a Scottish

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who played as a

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for Blantyre Celtic,

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

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(wartime guest), Dumbarton (wartime guest) and Scotland. He was a member of the Motherwell team that won the club's only

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title in 1931–32, missing only one match in that season, and also played in two Scottish Cup finals (

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and

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, defeats to

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and Clyde respectively). Both of his international caps came against Ireland; the second resulted in a loss in Glasgow, and Telfer was one of five in the Scotland team who were not selected again.Sat 16 Sep 1933 Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 2
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1909 births 1986 deaths Scottish men's footballers Sportspeople from Shotts Footballers from North Lanarkshire Men's association football wing halves Scotland men's international footballers Scottish Junior Football Association players Blantyre Celtic F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) wartime guest players Dumbarton F.C. wartime guest players {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub