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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Willie McKenna
| fullname = William Crea J. McKenna<ref name="QPFC" />
| birth_date = 5 October 1889
| birth_place = [[Gorbals]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age |1958|4|18|1889|10|5|df=yes}}<ref name="McCrossan" />
| death_place =
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 1907–1908
| clubs1 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1908–1910
| clubs2 = [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]]
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1910
| clubs3 = [[Port Glasgow Athletic F.C.|Port Glasgow Athletic]]
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1910
| clubs4 = [[Morton F.C.|Morton]]
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1910–1913
| clubs5 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1914–1915
| clubs6 = [[Clydebank F.C. (1914)|Clydebank]]
| caps6 = 24
| goals6 = 0
}}

'''William Crea J. McKenna''' (5 October 1889 – 18 April 1958), also known as '''Billy McKenna''', was a Scottish amateur [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] in the [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]], [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Port Glasgow Athletic F.C.|Port Glasgow Athletic]], [[Morton F.C.|Morton]] and [[Clydebank F.C. (1914)|Clydebank]].<ref name="QPFC">{{Cite web |title=McKenna, William Crea J. |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/mc/mckennawcj.htm |access-date=11 October 2016 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}</ref><ref name="Fitbastats">{{Cite web |title=Port Glasgow Athletic Player William C J McKenna Details |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/portglasgow/player.php?playerid=205 |access-date=13 October 2016 |website=www.fitbastats.com}}</ref> He later served on the Queen's Park committee and as club president.<ref name="McCrossan">{{Cite web |title=Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 |url=https://queensparkfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appendix-1.pdf |access-date=13 October 2016 |page=8}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
McKenna was married with two daughters.<ref name="McCrossan" /> He served in the [[Lanarkshire Yeomanry]] in India during the [[First World War]], initially as an [[Enlisted rank|enlisted man]], prior to being [[Commissioned officers|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in May 1917.<ref name="McCrossan" /> Late in the war, he transferred to the [[Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers & Miners]].<ref name="McCrossan" /> After the war, McKenna worked in the family [[tailoring]] business and later served in the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="McCrossan" />

== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|[[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
|[[1907–08 Scottish Division One|1907–08]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|[[Scottish League First Division|Scottish First Division]]
|17
|0
|0
|0
|1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]]</ref>
|0
|18
|0
|-
|[[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]]
|[[1908–09 Scottish Division One|1908–09]]<ref name="Litster">{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}</ref>
|Scottish First Division
|25
|0
|4
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|29
|0
|-
|[[Port Glasgow Athletic F.C.|Port Glasgow Athletic]]
|[[1909–10 Scottish Division One|1909–10]]<ref name="Fitbastats" />
|Scottish First Division
|7
|0
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|8
|0
|-
|[[Morton F.C.|Morton]]
|1909–10<ref name="Fitbastats" />
|Scottish First Division
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
|-
| rowspan="3" |Queen's Park
|[[1910–11 Scottish Division One|1910–11]]<ref name="QPFC" />
| rowspan="2" |Scottish First Division
|17
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|19
|0
|-
|[[1911–12 Scottish Division One|1911–12]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|1
|0
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!35
!0
!2
!0
!1
!0
!38
!0
|-
|[[Clydebank F.C. (1914)|Clydebank]]
|[[1914–15 Scottish Division Two|1914–15]]<ref name="Litster" />
|[[Scottish Second Division]]
|24
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|26
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!92
!0
!9
!0
!1
!0
!102
!0
|}
<references group="lower-alpha" />

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKenna, Willie}}
[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:Scottish footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. players]]
[[Category:Lanarkshire Yeomanry officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Falkirk F.C. players]]
[[Category:Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. players]]
[[Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. non-playing staff]]
[[Category:Footballers from Glasgow]]
[[Category:British tailors]]
[[Category:Clydebank F.C. (1914) players]]
[[Category:People from Gorbals]]

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