Bill Cranston
William Cranston | |
---|---|
Born | 18 January 1942 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Professional Footballer |
William Cranston (born 18 January 1942) is a Scottish former professional footballer who represented Blackpool, Preston North End and Oldham Athletic throughout his career.
Cranston was a centre back who began his career at Blackpool, making 33 league appearances between 1961 and 1965. He joined Preston North End during the 1964-65 season and made 87 League appearances and scored 1 goal for the Deepdale club. He was named the club's Official Player of the Year in 1969-70 despite only making 16 appearances that season. He moved to Oldham Athletic in 1970.
Cranston is now a maintenance officer at Burnley Police Station.
References[]
- Bill Cranston at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- Blackpool F.C.'s official website – Whatever happened to...[permanent dead link]
- Blackpool at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
Categories:
- Living people
- 1942 births
- Sportspeople from Kilmarnock
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Scottish footballers
- Association football central defenders
- English Football League players
- English football defender, 1940s birth stubs