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William Waddell
Personal information
Full name William Waddell
Date of birth (1921-03-07)7 March 1921
Place of birth Forth, Scotland
Date of death 14 October 1992(1992-10-14) (aged 71)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Forth Wanderers
Strathclyde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1955 Rangers 201 (39)
International career
1946–1954 Scotland 18 (6)
1947–1951 Scottish League XI 5 (1)
Managerial career
1957–1965 Kilmarnock
1969–1972 Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Waddell (7 March 1921 – 14 October 1992)[1] was a professional football player and manager. He was born in Forth, Lanarkshire.[2]

As a player, Waddell only played for Rangers. He made his debut at the age of 17 and went on to win five League titles, four Scottish Cups and 17 caps for Scotland.

On retirement in 1956 he became a manager and remarkably took Kilmarnock to their only League Championship win to date in 1964–65. On leaving Kilmarnock in 1965 he traded the football world for journalism, becoming a sportswriter on The Scottish Daily Express. However, in 1969 he returned to football and Rangers, this time as manager following the sacking of David White. The team did not win any League Championships with Waddell as manager, but won the Scottish League Cup in 1971, ending six years without a trophy at a time in which Celtic dominated Scottish football.

In 1972 Waddell led Rangers to a Cup Winners' Cup win beating Dynamo Moscow 3–2 in the final in Barcelona, just one year after the Ibrox disaster where 66 Rangers fans lost their lives. After the disaster Waddell vowed this would never happen again and spearheaded the building the Ibrox Stadium as it is today.

After the Cup Winners' Cup win in 1972 he handed the reins to assistant Jock Wallace, Jr. and went on to serve the club in Managing director, General manager and Vice chairman roles until his death in 1992.

Managerial statistics

As of 27 November 2013
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kilmarnock Scotland 1957 1965
Rangers Scotland December 1969 May 1972 146 83 28 35 056.85
  • No statistics currently available for Kilmarnock.

Honours

Player

Rangers

Manager

Kilmarnock
Rangers

References

  1. ^ Obituary: Willie Waddell independent.co.uk (16 October 1992)
  2. ^ Reynolds, Jim (15 October 1992). "A doddle for The Deedle". The Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

External links

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1971–72 		Succeeded by

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