David Wilson (footballer, born c. 1908)


David Wilson was an English footballer who played for Hamilton Academical and Stranraer as a centre forward.

Career

He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1936–37 season, scoring 34 goals. This remains the highest single-season total ever recorded for Hamilton Academical. He scored 246 league goals in 11 seasons prior to the Second World War, leading to him being described as the club's best ever player, and featured for Accies in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which they lost 2–1 to Rangers.
Wilson was never selected for his native England, nor for the Scottish Football League XI despite his scoring feats in that competition. In June 1935 he toured North America with an SFA squad, scoring eleven times in six matches.