Willie Kilmarnock
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| Date of birth | 16 January 1922 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 June 2009 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| Irvine Meadow XI | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||
| 1946–1956 | Motherwell | 296 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Airdrieonians | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 328 | (11) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||||||||
Willie Kilmarnock (1922 – 2009) was a Scottish football player who most notably captained Motherwell's 1952 Scottish Cup winning team. He also played for Airdrie and Irvine Meadow XI.
Kilmarnock played for Scotland in unofficial wartime internationals and represented the Scottish League XI.[1]
References
- ↑ "Willie Kilmarnock". Londonhearts.com (London Hearts Supporters' Club). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- Willie Kilmarnock, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- Obituary, The Scotsman newspaper
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