Billy Russell (footballer, born 1959)

For other uses, see William Russell (disambiguation).

Billy Russell
Personal information
Full name	William McKnight Russell
Date of birth	(1959-09-14) 14 September 1959
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current team	Hull City (Centre of Excellence manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1977–1978	Everton	0	(0)
1978–1979	Celtic	0	(0)
1979–1985	Doncaster Rovers	244	(15)
1985–1988	Scunthorpe United	117	(7)
1988–1992	Rotherham United	105	(2)
Teams managed
2000	Hull City (caretaker)
2002	Hull City (caretaker)
2002	Hull City (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

William McKnight "Billy" Russell (born 14 September 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who now works as Centre of Excellence Manager at Hull City,^[1] where he has been caretaker manager on three occasions.

As a player he was a defender, playing for Everton, Celtic, Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United and Rotherham United, making over 450 league appearances.

Honours

Doncaster Rovers

Division 4 runners-up 1983–84

Rotherham United

Division 4 championship 1988–89

References

↑ "Who's Who at the KC", Hull AFC official site

External links

Billy Russell management career statistics at Soccerbase

1988–89 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Eric Nixon DF: Billy Russell DF: Shaun Taylor DF: Neil Thompson DF: Joey Jones MF: Jim Harvey MF: Tony Grealish MF: Paul Ward FW: Phil Stant FW: Ian Muir FW: Kevin Russell

Hull City A.F.C. – managers

Ramster (1904–05)
Langley (1905–13)
Chapman (1913–14)
Stringer (1914–16)
Menzies (1916–21)
Lewis (1921–23)
McCracken (1923–31)
Green (1931–34)
Hill (1934–36)
Menzies (1936)
Blackburn (1936–46)
Buckley (1946–48)
Carter (1948–51)
Jackson (1952–55)
Brocklebank (1955–61)
Britton (1961–69)
Neill (1970–74)
Kaye (1974–77)
Collins (1977–78)
Houghton (1978–79)
Smith (1979–82)
B. Brown (1982)
Appleton (1982–84)
Horton (1984–88)
Gray (1988–89)
Appleton (1989)
Ternent (1989–91)
Dolan (1991–97)
Hateley (1997–98)
Joyce (1998–2000)
Russell (2000)
Little (2000–02)
Russell (2002)
Mølby (2002)
Russell (2002)
Taylor (2002–06)
Parkinson (2006)
P. Brown (2006–10)
Dowie (2010)
Pearson (2010–11)
Barmby (2011–12)
Bruce (2012–)

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