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Billy Neill

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Billy Neill
Personal information
Full name William Neill
Date of birth 1929
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death (1997-10-27)27 October 1997
Place of death Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Right half
Youth career
1947–1950 Glentoran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1963 Glentoran
International career
1952–1959 Irish League XI 14 (0)
Managerial career
1965–1966 Glentoran
1968 Glentoran
1968 Glentoran (co-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Neill MBE (1929 – 27 October 1997) was a Northern Irish footballer who played in the Irish League with Glentoran from 1950 to 1963. With the Glens, he won the Irish League championship in 1952–53, the Gold Cup twice, the City Cup and the Ulster Cup once each. He was capped fourteen times by the Irish League XI between 1952 and 1959, and played in unofficial Northern Ireland matches in a tour of North America (1953) and against South Africa (1958). He was named the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1959–60 season.

The Billy Neill MBE Soccer School of Excellence in Dundonald, County Down is named after him.[1]

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  1. ^ "Football: Soccer centre tribute", News Letter, March 31, 2001