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William McCrum (died 21 December 1932) was a wealthy Irish linen manufacturer and sportsman, most famous for being the inventor in 1890 of the penalty kick in football. ==Life and family== William was the son of the linen millionaire Robert Garmany McCrum, who was the builder of the Victorian era model village of Milford and High Sheriff of Armagh. He studied at The Royal School, Armagh and then Trinity College, Dublin and later worked for the family business including a time as London representative and one of the managing directors of linen manufacturers McCrum, Watson and Merver. William was not a success at running the family business and had to sell the Milford mill in 1931. When not travelling the world, he spent a large proportion of his life living in Milford where he was a justice of the peace and representative of many sporting clubs and committees including Milford Football Club, Milford and Armagh cricket clubs, and (Armagh Rugby Football Club ). He played chess for Armagh and participated in individual and team competitions and also submitted games.〔(Home of the penaltykick William McCrum profile )〕〔(The 1893 Ulster Championship – William McCrum v R.T. Roth annotated by William McCrum )〕 He played for many years as goalkeeper for Milford FC including in the first season of the Irish Football League (1890–1891). Milford finished bottom of the league with 0 points from 14 games, having conceded 62 goals and scored only 10. "Master Willie" as he was known to the villagers also spent his spare time taking part in amateur theatrics in the Milford village hall, called the McCrum Institute. He died after a long illness in December 1932 in an Armagh boarding house. The McCrum family home in Milford, ''Manor House'' became a special-care hospital, but is now derelict.〔(Legacies, Heritage at Risk in County Armagh ), bbc.co.uk/legacies; accessed 7 May 2014.〕 British writer and former literary editor of ''The Observer'' Robert McCrum, is his grandson, and wrote about William McCrum: ''"Shut out of the family business as a lightweight, eventually deserted by a faithless wife and coldly ignored by his father, Master Willie travelled the world, lived high on the hog and was well-known as a gambler."''〔("Penalty Shootouts? Blame my grandfather" ), ''The Observer'', Sunday 4 July 2004〕 Another grandson Mark McCrum, an English journalist and travel writer, made references to William McCrum in his book, (''The Craic – A Journey through Ireland'' )〔(Mark McCrum official website ); accessed 7 May 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William McCrum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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