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William S. Wiseman (18 October 1896 – 1979) was a Scottish amateur football left back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee. He was capped by Scotland at international level.
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Personal life
Wiseman was educated at Fordyce Academy, Portsoy and Aberdeen University, leaving the latter institution in 1916 to fight in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders. During his time on the Western Front, he was gassed, wounded and posted missing for a week. After the war, he went to India to assist with the restructuring of the British Indian Army. Wiseman's brother Fred won the Military Cross during the course of the war. After leaving the army, Wiseman completed his studies at Glasgow Technical College and later worked as an Assistant Roads Surveyor for Dunbartonshire Council. He took up a Deputy County Surveyor position in Banffshire in 1930. He married in 1930 and had one son. Wiseman served as a major in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, recruiting and training personnel in Scotland and then working on infrastructure projects.
Honours
Queen's Park