Billy Bremner
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Bremner lining up for Scotland in 1971
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William John Bremner | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 7 December 1997 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Clifton, Doncaster, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1976 | Leeds United | 587 | (91) |
| 1976–1978 | Hull City | 61 | (6) |
| 1980–1982 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 653 | (97) | |
| National team | |||
| Scotland Schoolboys | 4 | (0) | |
| 1963 | Scotland XI | 1 | (0) |
| Scotland U23 | 3 | (0) | |
| 1965–1976 | Scotland | 54 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1985 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| 1985–1988 | Leeds United | ||
| 1989–1991 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William John "Billy" Bremner (9 December 1942 – 7 December 1997) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager known for his strength, skills and compact constitution.
A midfielder, he played for Leeds United from 1959 to 1976, and captained the side during this time, which was the most successful period of the club's history. With the club he won the First Division (1968–69 and 1973–74), Second Division (1963–64), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1968 and 1971), FA Cup (1972), League Cup (1968), and Charity Shield (1969). The club also finished second in numerous competitions, doing so in the league five times and ending as runners-up in seven cup finals, including the 1975 European Cup. He was also named as the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1970 and was listed on the PFA Team of the Year in 1973–74. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road. He has also been included in the Football League 100 Legends and is a member of both the English Football Hall of Fame and Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
He spent 1976 to 1978 at Hull City, before being appointed player-manager at Doncaster Rovers in November 1978. He spent seven years at the helm, guiding the club to promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1980–81 and 1983–84, before he took on the manager's job at Leeds United in October 1985. He could not get the club promoted back into the top-flight and left the club in September 1988. He returned to Doncaster in July 1989, ending his second spell in charge in November 1991.
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