William Salisbury (23 February 1899 – 5 January 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left for Partick Thistle (where he spent a decade, winning the Scottish Cup in 1921), in England with Liverpool (where he played for a season) and spells with Bangor and Distillery in Northern Ireland plus Shelbourne in the Republic of Ireland. His grandson Gordon Smith was also a footballer (he played for St Johnstone, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers).