William Ker (footballer)

William Ker

Personal information
Date of birth	21 March 1852
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	3 December 1925 (aged 73)
Place of death	Washington DC
Playing position	Left Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Queen's Park
National team^‡
1872-1873	Scotland	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29/02/08. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29/02/08

William Ker (1852–1925) was a Scottish footballer who played in the first ever international football match for Scotland against England in 1872.

Ker also played for Scotland against England the following year. He played for Scottish amateur club Queen's Park.

He was the son of the renowned physicist Rev John Kerr, discoverer of the Kerr effect and revised the spelling of his surname as a young man to Ker. He emigrated to Canada in 1873 and later lived in Pennsylvania, Washington and finally Washington DC, where he died.

External links

• William Ker at scottishfa.co.uk