| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Waddell | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 1992 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| 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. His only club in a 16-year career as a player in the outside right position (interrupted by World War II) was Rangers which yielded six major winner's medals, and he also played 18 times for Scotland.
Waddell also managed Rangers – leading them to their only continental trophy in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – and served as a director of the Glasgow club, after a spell in charge of Kilmarnock which culminated in their only Scottish league title in 1964–65, followed by some years working as a sports journalist.