William Dornan

William Dornan (c1895 – 28 May 1937) was a Scottish footballer who appeared 357 times in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian between 1914 and 1927, playing at left back.[1] He featured in the club's in two Scottish Cup finals in 1923 (lost to Celtic)[2] and 1924 (defeated by Airdrieonians).[3] He also played for Leith Athletic and Queen of the South.[1]

Dornan was badly injured on 28 May 1937, after being thrown from the top of an oil tank after an explosion, and thereafter being badly burned, at Pumpherston Oil Works in West Lothian. He died later at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[4][5]

References
  1. "Hibernian player William Dornan". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. "Scottish Cup Final". Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1923. Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.
  3. "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Four". Hibs.net. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/Scrapbooks/SBSport/SBFootball/WilliamDornan.html. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. Trapped Between Two Blazing Oil Tanks, Dundee Evening Telegraph, May 28, 1937
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