Peter McWilliam (21 September 1879 – 1 October 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played at left-half for Inverness Thistle, Newcastle United and Scotland.
His father was a grocer's porter and the family had previously moved to Inverness (where he was a neighbour of future teammate for club and country, Andy McCombie)[1][2] from Forgue, Aberdeenshire.
They moved to this locality shortly afterwards and had four children, Peter Neish, Elizabeth Jean, Florence Margaret, David John.
[5] He won multiple honours with Newcastle, being part of the 1904–05, 1905–06 and 1908–09 Football League Championship sides and was an FA Cup Finalist in 1905, 1906 and 1908.
[7] However, his playing career came to an end following a serious knee injury sustained in a Home International Championship match against Wales on 7 March 1911.
[8] In his first spell at Tottenham he was initially unsuccessful, and the club finished bottom of Division One the end of the 1914–15 season when football was suspended due to the First World War.
[12] McWilliam himself learnt the possession-based football from Robert Smyth McColl when he was at Newcastle, and this style of play can be traced further back to Scottish players of the 19th century.