Willie Cunningham (soccer player, 1930)

Willie Cunningham
Personnel
Surname	William Edward Cunningham
birthday	February 20, 1930
place of birth	Mallusk ,  Northern Ireland
date of death	August 31, 2007
Place of death	Dunfermline ,  Scotland
position	defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1950-1954	FC St. Mirren	61 (1)
1954-1960	Leicester City	127 (4)
1960-1963	Dunfermline Athletic	70 (4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1951-1962	Northern Ireland	30 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1964-1967	Dunfermline Athletic
1968-1972	FC Falkirk
1972-1974	FC St. Mirren
1 Only league games are given.

William Edward "Willie" Cunningham (born February 20, 1930 in Antrim ( Mallusk ), † August 31, 2007 in Dunfermline ) was a Northern Irish football player and coach.

Career

As a player

Cunningham signed his first professional contract with FC St. Mirren at the age of 20 , where he played for four years until he moved to Leicester City in 1954 . He stayed there until 1960 and moved again to Dunfermline Athletic for the last three active years .

For the Northern Irish national football team Cunningham played 30 games and took part with the team in the 1958 World Cup.

As a trainer

A year after the end of his playing career, he took over the coaching post at Dunfermline Athletic and stayed in office until 1967. From 1968 he coached FC Falkirk for another vir years. In 1972 he came back to FC St. Mirren , but was replaced there in 1974 by Alex Ferguson .

Cunningham died on August 31, 2007 at the age of 77.

Web links

• Willie Cunningham in the database of weltfussball.de
• Willie Cunningham in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Game statistics