Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920)
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Full name | William Hanna Collins | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Position(s) | 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 | ||
Managerial career | |||
1975 | Gillingham (caretaker)[1] | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Hanna "Bill" Collins, also popularly known as Buster Collins (15 February 1920 – 3 November 2010)[2] was a Northern Irish professional footballer. His clubs included Distillery, Belfast Celtic, Luton Town[3] and Gillingham.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
He died in 2010 at the age of 90.[7]
References
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- 1920 births
- 2010 deaths
- Belfast Celtic F.C. players
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Association football wingers
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. managers
- NIFL Premiership players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Sportspeople from Belfast
- The Football League players
- Northern Irish football biography stubs