Bill Collins (footballer)

Bill "Buster" Collins

Personal information
Full name	William Hanna Collins
Date of birth	15 February 1920(1920-02-15)
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	3 November 2010(2010-11-03) (aged 90)
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1942–1945	Belfast Celtic
1945–1948	Distillery
1948–1949	Luton Town	7	(0)
1949–1951	Gillingham	51	(0)
1951–1956	Snowdown Colliery Welfare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

William Hanna "Bill" Collins, also popularly known as Buster Collins (15 February 1920–3 November 2010) is a Northern Irish former professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Distillery, Belfast Celtic, Luton Town and Gillingham.

He later became reserve team manager at Gillingham, and in 1965 was appointed by manager Freddie Cox as the head of the club's newly-organised youth scheme, a post he held for nearly twenty years. He served as first team trainer and kitman for a further ten years, finally retiring in 1993 at the age of 73. He has been cited as a major influence on the careers of future stars Micky Adams and Steve Bruce.

He died in 2010 at the age of 90.