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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Willie Bauld
| fullname =William Russell Logan Bauld<ref name="scot50res"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|1|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Newcraighall]], [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|3|11|1928|1|24|df=y}} 
| death_place = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
|  youthyears1 =   –1946 
| youthyears2 =   1946 
|  youthclubs1 =   [[Newtongrange Star F.C.|Newtongrange Star]] 
| youthclubs2 =   [[Musselburgh Athletic F.C.|Musselburgh Athletic]]
|  years1 =   1946–1962 
| years2 =   
|  clubs1 =   [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]
| clubs2 =   → [[Edinburgh City F.C. (1928)|Edinburgh City]] (loan)
| caps1 =    292  
| goals1 =  183 
| nationalyears1 =   1950
| nationalteam1 =   [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps1 =    3  
| nationalgoals1 =   2
| nationalyears2 =   1949–1958
| nationalteam2 =   [[Scottish League XI]]
| nationalcaps2 =    13  
| nationalgoals2 =   15
}}
'''William Russell Logan Bauld''' (24 January 1928 – 11 March 1977) was a footballer who played for [[Newtongrange Star F.C.|Newtongrange Star]], [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]], [[Edinburgh City F.C. (1928)|Edinburgh City]] and the [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]].

==Heart of Midlothian==

Bauld was born in [[Newcraighall]], [[Edinburgh]] and joined Hearts from junior side Newtongrange Star in 1946 and was immediately loaned to Edinburgh City. Upon his return, he made an immediate impact, scoring a [[hat-trick]] on his debut for the first-team. He, along with striking team-mates [[Alfie Conn, Sr.|Alfie Conn]] and [[Jimmy Wardhaugh]], became known as the ''Terrible Trio''. He helped Hearts to a [[Scottish Cup]] triumph in [[Scottish Cup 1955–56|1956]], the [[Scottish football champions|League Championship]] in [[1957–58 in Scottish football|1957–58]] and [[1959–60 in Scottish football|1959–60]] and [[Scottish League Cup|League Cup]] successes in 1955 and 1959.

He scored 355 goals in 510 Hearts games.<ref>[http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/pages/HallOfFame Hearts FC Hall of Fame]</ref>

==Scotland==

Bauld was [[cap (sport)|capped]] three times by Scotland, all in 1950, scoring two goals.<ref name = "SFA"/> He also scored 15 goals in 13 appearances for the [[Scottish League XI]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/aaplayersbyapp.html|title=Scotland FL Players by Appearances|work=Londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International appearances===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name = "SFA">{{SFA profile|id=112899}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1950||3||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!3!!2
|}

===International goals===
''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition !! Ref
|-
|1.
|26 April 1950
|[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|{{fb|SUI}}
|1–0
|3–1
|[[Friendly match]]
|<ref name = "SFA"/><ref name="scot50res">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1950.html |title=Scotland - International Matches 1946-1950 |date=11 April 2019 |access-date=26 February 2020 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Tossani}}</ref>
|-
|2.
|21 May 1950
|[[Estádio Nacional]], [[Lisbon]]
|{{fb|POR}}
|1–1
|2–2
|[[Friendly match]]
|<ref name = "SFA"/><ref name="scot50res"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{SFA profile}}
*[https://londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h01306.html Profile at London Hearts]

{{Scottish First Division top scorers}}
{{Scottish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{Heart of Midlothian F.C. Hall of Fame}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauld, Willie}}
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Edinburgh City F.C. (1928) players]]
[[Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players]]
[[Category:Newtongrange Star F.C. players]]
[[Category:Scotland men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League representative players]]
[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish league football top scorers]]
[[Category:Place of death missing]]
[[Category:People educated at Musselburgh Grammar School]]
[[Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen]]