William Alexander Kennedy Paterson[3] (25 February 1930 – 9 November 2002) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a defender.
[1] Paterson had originally started his football career in the Highland League with Inverness club Caledonian, prior to being called up for National Service in England.
He was playing for Midland League club Ransome and Marles based in Newark where he was picked up by Doncaster Rovers in 1950.
Overall Paterson did go on to make 116 top team appearances for the club and won two Scottish league championships.
He left Ibrox in 1962 and joined Greenock Morton but never made a single league appearance for the club.