Willie Kilmarnock
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Full name | William Kilmarnock | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 January 1922 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 June 2009 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
– | Irvine Meadow XI | |||||||||||||||
1939–1956 | Motherwell | 296 | (11) | |||||||||||||
1956–1958 | Airdrieonians | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Total | 328 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1944 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1948 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
William Kilmarnock (16 January 1922 – 7 June 2009) was a Scottish footballer who most notably captained Motherwell's 1952 Scottish Cup winning team.[1][2] He also played for Airdrie and Irvine Meadow XI.[3][4]
Kilmarnock played for Scotland in an unofficial wartime international and represented the Scottish League XI, but never received a full cap.[5][2]
References[]
- ^ Willie Kilmarnock, MotherWELLnet
- ^ a b Willie Kilmarnock: Footballer and publican, The Scotsman, 26 June 2009
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ Willie Kilmarnock at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- ^ "Willie Kilmarnock". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2009 deaths
- Sportspeople from Irvine, North Ayrshire
- Scottish footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Scottish Football League players
- Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scotland wartime international footballers
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish football defender, 1920s birth stubs