Bill McFettridge

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1864–1931)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bill McFettridge

| fullname = William McLintock McFettridge

| birth_date = 22 April 1864

| birth_place = Govan, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|5|9|1864|4|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Burnley, England

| position = Wing half

| years1 = 1879–1883 | clubs1 = Thornliebank | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1883–1886 | clubs2 = Padiham | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1886–1893 | clubs3 = Burnley | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 2

}}

William McLintock McFettridge (22 April 1864 – 9 May 1931) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played his early football for Thornliebank, a club based in the south of the city of Glasgow, Scotland and appeared as a 16 year old in the 1880 Scottish Cup Final. Thornliebank were beaten 3–0 by Queen's Park, and McFettridge played centre-half. In 1883 he moved to England to play for Padiham, then a power in Lancashire football. In 1886 he transferred to Burnley.

McFettridge soon established himself in the Burnley team and showed himself to be a versatile player with an ability to play in attack or defence. However, he soon made the right-half position his own and built a strong relationship with left-half Jack Keenan. He played with a hard, robust style proving very effective in those early days.{{cite book|last=Lee & Simpson|first=Edward & Ray|title=Burnley A Complete Record 1882–1991|year=1991|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|isbn= 0-907969-90-9|page=108}}