William Pickering (1894 – 9 November 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Burnley as a centre forward.

[3][4] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Pickering enlisted as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders.

[3] Pickering's battalion saw action in the Mesopotamian campaign and he was shot through the head and killed during the Capture of Tikrit on 9 November 1917.

[3][5] He was buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery.

This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1890s, is a stub.