William Ker (footballer)
| 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. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29/02/08 |
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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.
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