Bill_Collins_(footballer,_born_1920)

Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920)

Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920)

Northern Irish footballer

For other people with the same name, see Bill Collins.

William Hanna "Buster" Collins (15 February 1920 – 3 November 2010)[2] was an Irish professional footballer. His clubs included Distillery, Belfast Celtic, Luton Town[3] and Gillingham.[4]

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He later became reserve team manager at Gillingham, and in 1965 was appointed by manager Freddie Cox as the head of the club's newly organised youth scheme, a post he held for nearly twenty years.[5] He served as first team trainer and kitman for a further ten years, finally retiring in 1993 at the age of 73. He has been cited as a major influence on the careers of future stars Micky Adams and Steve Bruce.[6]

He died in 2010 at the age of 90.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Bradley, Andy (12 October 1985). "10 Years Ago". Gillingham F.C. Official Matchday Magazine.
  2. [2]
    Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  3. [3]
    Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  4. [4]
    Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
  5. [5]
    Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  6. [6]
    Patrick Barclay (6 March 2004). "Adams and Bruce were Buster's premier pupils". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  7. [7]
    "Gillingham stalwart Bill Collins dies". BBC. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.


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