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.

Sources

• Billy Neill, Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
• Profile at Glentoran F.C. official site at the Wayback Machine (archived February 21, 2005)