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Willie Finlay

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Willie Finlay
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-08-09)9 August 1926
Place of birth Auchterderran, Scotland
Date of death 4 September 2014(2014-09-04) (aged 88)
Place of death Fife, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
Bowhill Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1956 East Fife 282 (0)
1956–1963 Clyde 182 (3)
1963–1964 Raith Rovers 12 (0)
Total 476 (3)
Managerial career
Lochore Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie Finlay (9 August 1926 – 4 September 2014) was a Scottish professional football player and coach.

Career

Born in Auchterderran, Finlay played as a centre half for Bowhill Rovers, East Fife, Clyde and Raith Rovers, making a total of 476 appearances in the Scottish Football League.[1]

With East Fife he won the League Cup three times; with Clyde he won the Scottish Cup. He also won a Scottish Cup runners-up medal, three Division B championship titles, and two Supplementary Cups.[2]

After retiring from playing he became manager of Lochore Welfare.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Willie Finlay, East Fife footballer". The Scotsman. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.