Willie Loney

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Willie Loney

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| position = Centre half

| birth_date = 31 May 1879

| birth_place = Denny, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|03|06|1879|05|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Drumchapel, Scotland

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| clubs1 = Denny Athletic

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| years2 = 1900–1913

|clubs2= Celtic

| caps2 = 252 | goals2 = 28

|years3= 1908

|clubs3= → Belfast Celtic (loan)

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| years4 = 1913–1914

|clubs4= Motherwell

| caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1

|years5= 1914–1917

|clubs5= Partick Thistle

| caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 2

|years6= 1915–1916

|clubs6= → Clydebank (loan)

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|nationalyears1 = 1909–1910{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/williamloney.html |title=SFL player William Loney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=12 May 2020}}

|nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1910{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/williamloney.html|title=Scotland player William Loney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=12 May 2020}}

|nationalteam2 = Scotland

|nationalcaps2 = 2

|nationalgoals2 = 0

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William Loney (31 May 1879 – 6 March 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic,[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2293 Celtic player Loney, Willie], FitbaStats Partick Thistle,[http://thethistlearchive.wikidot.com/Willie-loney Willie Loney], The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Motherwell[http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/l/william-loney/ William Loney], MotherWELLnet and Scotland.{{harv|Smith|2013|p=159}}[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1956+-+William+Loney Death of Mr W. Loney], The Glasgow Herald, 7 March 1956 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)[A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 He had a key role in the Celtic team of the 1900s which won six consecutive Scottish Football League championships.[https://www.thecelticstar.com/no-road-this-way-the-mighty-willie-loneys-celtic-story 'No Road This Way' – The Mighty Willie Loney's Celtic Story], David Potter, The Celtic Star, 4 May 2020

His brother James (Clyde, Dundee Hibernian) and cousin Harry (Falkirk, Alloa Athletic, Dumbarton) were also footballers.