Willie Maley

Willie Maley

Portrait of Maley as a player in 1892
Personal information
Full name	William Patrick Maley
Date of birth	(1868-04-25)25 April 1868
Place of birth	Newry, County Down, Ireland
Date of death	2 April 1958(1958-04-02) (aged 89)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Position(s)	Half-back
Youth career
1886	Cathcart Hazelbank Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1887	Third Lanark	0	(0)
1888–1897	Celtic	70	(2)
1896	Manchester City	1	(0)
Total		71	(2)
International career
1893	Scotland	2	(0)
1892–1894	Scottish League XI	2	(0)
Managerial career
1897–1940	Celtic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Patrick Maley (25 April 1868 – 2 April 1958) was an Irish-born Scottish international football player and manager. He was the first manager of Celtic Football Club, and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history. During his managerial tenure, Maley led Celtic to thirty major trophies (16 league championships and 14 Scottish Cups) in forty-three consecutive years as manager. He is attributed to have coined the famous Celtic motto 'It is not his creed nor his nationality which counts; it's the man himself.'^{[citation needed]}