Wilson's father Hughie was a Scottish international footballer who was playing for Sunderland at the time of Wilson's birth.[2] The family eventually moved back to Scotland and settled in Newmilns.[2] After enlisting in April 1916, Wilson served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was wounded on the Western Front in April 1917 and March 1918.[2][6] As a teenager, Wilson had trained as a lace weaver and he returned to the profession in Ayrshire part-time after the war, before re-entering professional football.[2] He worked at Castle Mills Rubber Works in Fountainbridge during the early years of the First World War and after retiring from football, he ran a fishmongers in Haddington.[2]
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