Willie Waddell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Waddell | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 1992 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Forth Wanderers | |||
| Strathclyde | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1955 | Rangers | 201 | (39) |
| National team | |||
| 1946–1954 | Scotland | 18 | (6) |
| 1947–1951 | Scottish League XI | 5 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1957–1965 | Kilmarnock | ||
| 1969–1972 | Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William "Willie" Waddell (7 March 1921 – 14 October 1992) was a professional football player and manager. He was born in Forth, Lanarkshire.
As a player, Waddell only played for Rangers. He made his debut at the age of 17 in a friendly match against Arsenal. Waddell went on to win five League titles, four Scottish Cups and 17 caps for Scotland.
He became manager of Kilmarnock in 1957. Waddell guided Kilmarnock to their only league championship to date, in 1964–65. This was achieved with a final day victory against their nearest rivals Heart of Midlothian. On leaving Kilmarnock in 1965 he traded the football world for journalism, becoming a sportswriter for the Evening Citizen and Scottish Daily Express.
From the mid-1960s Scottish football was dominated by the Celtic side managed by Jock Stein. In 1969 Waddell returned to Rangers as manager, following the sacking of Davie White. The team did not win any League Championships with Waddell as manager, but won the Scottish League Cup in 1971, ending a run of six years without a trophy. In 1972 Waddell led Rangers to a Cup Winners' Cup win, beating Dynamo Moscow 3–2 in the final in Barcelona. Later in 1972 he handed the management reins to his assistant, Jock Wallace, Jr.
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