Billy Cook (soccer player, 1940)

Billy Cook
Personnel
Surname	William James McLaughlan Cook
birthday	June 26, 1940
place of birth	Galston ,  Scotland
date of death	2nd July 2017
Place of death	Australia
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Galston Amateurs
	Androssan Winton Rovers
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1958–1962	FC Kilmarnock	10 (0)
1963-1969	Slavia Melbourne
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1965-1967	Australia	5 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

William "Billy" James McLaughlan Cook (born June 26, 1940 in Galston , Scotland , † July 2, 2017 in Australia ) was an Australian football player of Scottish origin.

Career

society

Billy Cook was born in 1940 in the Scottish town of Galston , around seven kilometers east of Kilmarnock. He began his football career in his home town with the Galston Amateurs and then played in the neighboring town of Ardrossan . At the age of 17, Cook moved to Kilmarnock FC in 1958 . Between his debut against Stirling Albion in the League Cup on August 12, 1959 and his last game in the first team, in the league against FC Aberdeen on March 11, 1961, he played only 15 competitive games (10 in the league, 5 in League Cup). At the end of the 1962/63 season , he decided to emigrate to Australia. In Australia he played until the end of his career in 1969 with Slavia Melbourne, founded by Czech emigrants, and even became a national player.

He died on July 2, 2017 at the age of 77.

National team

Billy Cook completed five international matches for the Australian national football team between 1965 and 1967 , including two games against his native Scotland .

Web links

• Billy Cook in the database of ozfootball.net (English)
• Billy Cook in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)