Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Patrick Maley | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1868 | ||
Place of birth | Newry, County Down, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 2 April 1958 | (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]