William Wiseman (18 October 1896 – 1981) was a Scottish amateur
footballer who played as a
left back
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in the
Scottish League for
Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee.
He was
capped by
Scotland at amateur and full international levels.
Personal life
Wiseman was educated at
Fordyce Academy
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and
Aberdeen University and left the latter institution in 1916 to serve in the
First World War with the
Gordon Highlanders.
During his time on the
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, he was
gassed,
wounded and posted
missing
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for a week.
He rose to the rank of
captain
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and also served as a
lieutenant in the
Tank Corps.
After the war, he went to India to assist with the restructuring of the
British Indian Army
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.
After leaving the
army, Wiseman completed his studies at
Glasgow Technical College
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and later worked as an Assistant
Roads Surveyor for
Dunbartonshire Council.
He took up a Deputy
County Surveyor position in
Banffshire
Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Moray ...
in 1930, which brought his senior football career to an end.
Wiseman also married in 1930 and had one son.
He served as a
major
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in the
Royal Engineers
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during the
Second World War, recruiting and training personnel at
Redford Barracks and then working on infrastructure projects
Iceland and
Cardiff.
After retiring from his role as County Roads Surveyor with Banffshire Council, Wiseman retired to
Edinburgh.
Honours
Queen's Park
*
Scottish League Division Two:
1922–23
See also
*
List of solved missing person cases
References
;Sources
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External links
*
London Hearts profile (Scotland)
1896 births
1981 deaths
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Men's association football fullbacks
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish Football League players
British Army personnel of World War I
Queen's Park F.C. players
People educated at Fordyce Academy
Footballers from Aberdeenshire
Scotland men's amateur international footballers
British Army personnel of World War II
Scotland men's international footballers
Gordon Highlanders officers
Royal Tank Regiment officers
Missing in action of World War I
Royal Engineers officers
Formerly missing people
People from Turriff
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