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Place of death
  
Fife, Scotland

Role
  
Football player

Name
  
Willie Finlay


Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Centre half

Position
  
Defender

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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)

Died
  
September 4, 2014, Fife, United Kingdom

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

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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.

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.

After retiring from playing he became manager of Lochore Welfare.

References

Willie Finlay Wikipedia