William Dunn was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 association football Player who played for East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire F.C.

East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881...

, Stoke

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 and Hednesford Town

Hednesford Town F.C.

Hednesford Town Football Club are an association football team based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They play at Keys Park.-History:...

.

Career

William Dunn was one of East Stirlingshire's all time greatest goalscorers. In an era when many goalscorers were left unrecorded Dunn scored a known 128 goals for East Stirlingshire from his known debut on 13 October 1883 to season 1889–90 in 180 games. During his time at East Stirlingshire he mainly played on the wing but also played in the Back and Half-Back positions.

In 1889 he moved down to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 to play for Stoke along with fellow team mate Harry Simpson

Harry Simpson (Scottish footballer)

Harry Simpson was a Scottish association football Player who played for East Stirlingshire, Stoke and Forfar Athletic.-Career:Simpson played for his local club East Stirlingshire when in 1889 he moved down to England to play for Stoke along with fellow team mate Billy Dunn...

. Dunn played in 69 competitive games and scored 20 goals before leaving in 1892 to play for Hednesford.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	1889–90	9	1	4	1	13	2
	1890–91	21	11	3	0	24	22
	1891–92	23	4	4	2	27	6
	1892–93	5	2	0	0	5	2
Career Total		58	18	11	2	69	20

Honours

with East Stirlinghire

• Stirlingshire FA Caps: 9
• Stirlingshire Cup Winner: 1885/86, 1886/87, 1887/88, 1888/89
• Stirlingshire Cup Runners Up: 1883/84
• Falkirk & District Charity Cup Winners: 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, 1887/88
• Falkirk & District Charity Cup Runners Up: 1888/89, 1890/91

with Stoke

• Football Alliance
  Football Alliance
  The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92.It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to the Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season, also with 12 member clubs...
  
   champions: 1890–91