A COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH FOOTBALL INTERNATIONAL MEDALS AND CAP
AWARDED TO WILLIAM WISEMAN
£1,188
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
comprising a blue cap with gilt emblem and dated 1929 - 30; yellow felt blazer badge 1929-30; a group of 9ct gold medals, PBC Messrs Wilks and Jacks Hong Kong Cup 1909; Ayr Charity Cup 1923; Paisley Charity Cup 1925; Scottish Football Association Scotland vs Wales 1926-27; Scotland vs England (amateur) 1929; Scottish Football Association Scotland vs Ireland 22nd February 1930; N.E Sector Football Winners of League II - Iceland 1931; and a Queens Park F.S Life Members badge (qty)
Footnote
Wiseman was educated at Fordyce Academy, Portsoy and Aberdeen University, leaving in 1916. He signed up to the local regiment the Gordon Highlanders during WWI. He served on the Western front and was wounded, gassed and report missing in action for a week. On his return from the war he trained as an engineer and worked with the British Army in India.
His career in engineering continued in Banffshire, Glasgow and Dumbarton. By the time of the Second World War he was recruited as a Major in the Royal Engineers and worked recruiting and training with recruits on large scale engineering projects towards the war effort.
His football career was spent at Queens Park where he made 264 appearances from 1922 - 1930 and played for Scotland at amateur level six times and full level twice playing at left back.