Bill McCracken

Popularly remembered as the man who formed the modern off-side law, Billy McCracken had an extremely long and tumultuous career in football...

Name: William Robert McCracken
Born: 29 January 1883, Belfast
Died: 20 January 1979, Hull (England)
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 13.04 st
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 16 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1902-1923), 2 Victory Caps (1919); Irish league: 5 Caps (1902-1904); Football League: 1 Cap (1918), 1 unofficial appearance (1914).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish League Champion 1902/03; Irish Cup Winner 1902/03, Runner-Up 1901/02; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1902/03; (with Newcastle) Football League Champion 1904/05, 1096/07, 1908/09; FA Cup Winner 1909/10, Runner-Up 1907/08, 1910/11.
Awards: FA Long Service Medal 1978; Football League Legend 1998.

Club Career:
Clubs........... --Seasons-- Signed –Fee- League FACup -War- Other
Distillery...... 00/01-03/04 ..1900 ..... .88/ 5 (all competitions)
Newcastle United 04/05-22/23 Apr-04 ..£50 377/ 6 55/ 2 10/ 0 .2/ 0
Fulham.......... 18/19...... ...... Guest ..0/ 0 ..... ??/??
Hull City....... 22/23...... Feb-23 .Free ..0/ 0
TOTALS.......... ........... ...... ..£50 465/11 55/ 2 10/ 0 .2/ 0

Biography:
To follow.

Wikipedia
Newcastle Career

Ireland Cap Details:
22-02-1902 Wales... A W 3-0 BC
22-03-1902 England. H L 0-1 BC
09-08-1902 Scotland H L 0-3 FR (Ibrox Disaster Fund)
14-02-1903 England. A L 0-4 BC
12-03-1904 England. H L 1-3 BC
21-03-1904 Wales... A W 1-0 BC 1 Goal
26-03-1904 Scotland H D 1-1 BC
25-02-1905 England. A D 1-1 BC
18-03-1905 Scotland A L 0-4 BC
08-04-1905 Wales... H D 2-2 BC
16-02-1907 England. A L 0-1 BC
25-10-1919 England. H D 1-1 BC
22-10-1921 England. H D 1-1 BC
04-03-1922 Scotland A L 1-2 BC
01-04-1922 Wales... H D 1-1 BC
03-03-1923 Scotland H L 0-1 BC

Summary: 16/1. Won 2, Drew 6, Lost 8.

Victory Cap Details:
22-03-1919 Scotland A L 1-2
19-04-1919 Scotland H D 0-0

Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 1.