William Dennison, nicknamed "Paymaster" and also known as Willie Dennyson, (30 September 1954 â before 2007) was a Motswana footballer and manager who played as a right midfielder.
William "Paymaster" Dennison was born on 30 September 1954 in Mahalapye District, Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and his family moved to Gaborone shortly after. He completed his education between 1958 and 1971 at Thornhill Primary School and Gaborone Secondary School.
He joined Real Swingers during the 1960s and then transferred to Queens Park Rangers.
At the age of eighteen in 1972, he joined Notwane and eventually became club captain.
He won both the 1978 Botswana Premier League and was a finalist in the 1978 Botswana Challenge Cup. He subsequently represented Notwane in the 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup where the club lost 6âÂÂ6 on aggregate in the first round due to the away goals rule against Maseru United from Lesotho.
In November 1983, Notwane were fifth in the Botswana Premier League and Dennison left the club shortly after.
In 1983 he formed his own team Paymaster Spurs; he retired from football at Paymaster Spurs.
Dennison represented Botswana between 1972 and 1976, and he was the captain of the national team in 1972. He scored during the 4âÂÂ3 victory against Swaziland on 30 September 1974, and he played in the first two official matches after Botswana became a CAF member which were the 7âÂÂ1 and 3âÂÂ0 losses against Malawi on 13 and 17 September 1976.
His nephew is "Chicken" Dennison.
Dennison was voted in 2006 by the Botswana Football Association as the best all-time player from Botswana, and he was posthumously given the award by CAF in 2007. In August 2021, he made the starting eleven of the IFFHS All-Time Botswana MenâÂÂs Dream Team.
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