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William P. Eadie (14 June 1882 – 23 June 1915), also known as William Prince, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, St Mirren and Partick Thistle.[1]

William Eadie

Personal information
Full name	William P. Eadie[1]
Date of birth	14 June 1882
Place of birth	Dunblane, Scotland
Date of death	23 April 1915(1915-04-23) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death	near Saint-Julien, Belgium[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1900–1903	Queen's Park	12	(0)
1906–	St Mirren	1	(0)
0000–1908	Dunblane
1908–1911	Partick Thistle	5	(0)
1913	East Fife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Eadie was born in Dunblane, Scotland had three brothers who each played football – James (Dunblane, Queen's Park),[4] David and Alexander (both Strathallan).[5] As of 1901, he was working as a draper's assistant.[6] On 20 March 1914, Eadie emigrated to Canada.[5] One month after the outbreak of the First World War, Eadie enlisted as a sergeant in the 10th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at CFB Valcartier.[6] He enlisted under the name of William Prince.[5] Eadie was killed in action near Saint-Julien, Belgium on 23 April 1915 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate and the Saint Julien Memorial.[2][3]

Honours

Dunblane

• Perthshire Cup: 1905–06[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1902–03[7]	Scottish First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1904–05[7]		8	0	1	0	9	0
	1905–06[7]		2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	13	0
St Mirren	1906–07[8]	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Partick Thistle	1908–09[8]	Scottish First Division	5	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			18	0	1	0	19	0

References

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