Willie Woodburn

Willie Woodburn
Personal information
Full name William Alexander Woodburn[1]
Date of birth (1919-08-08)8 August 1919
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 2 December 2001(2001-12-02) (aged 82)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Edinburgh Ashton
– Musselburgh Athletic
1937–1954 Rangers 216 (2)
International career
1947–1951 Scottish League XI 7 (0)
1947–1952 Scotland 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Alexander Woodburn (8 August 1919 – 2 December 2001)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers and Scotland. He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game for indiscipline, although the ban was later rescinded and he has since been inducted into both the Scottish Football Hall of Fame and the Rangers Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele. "Scotland - International Matches 1946-1950". RSSSF.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference lhscot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Rangers legend Woodburn dies". BBC. BBC Sport. 3 December 2001.