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Willie C Cunningham
Date of Birth: 22-02-1925
Position: Full Back
Joined: 28-04-1945
Appearances: 42
Substitute Appearances:
Goals: 3
Nationality: Scottish
Previous Clubs: Hearts of Beath
Subsequent Clubs: Airdrie, Preston North End
Died: 28-11-2000
Born: Cowdenbeath
Debut against Rangers. NEL
Last game against Third Lanark. Victory Cup.
Cunningham cost Dunfermline £20 when signed from Hearts of Beath as an 18-year-old, combining football with working in the pits. As 14 year-old Willie had been selected for the Scottish Schoolboys team to play Wales.
Making his debut against Rangers in the North-East wartime league, he played just one full season before signing for Airdrie for £3000. A regular there for three seasons, Preston North End paid around £6000 to take him to Deepdale in summer of 1949.
A strong-tackling defender, he made 487 appearances for Preston, winning the Second Division title in 1951 and reaching the 1954 Cup Final. During his fourteen years as a Preston player, Willie Cunningham played for Scotland on eight occasions. He had the honour of captaining his country in five matches, including the 1954 World Cup Finals. In December 1954, he led Scotland at Hampden against the mighty Hungry, Puskas, Boszik, Kocsis and all. His last cap was the 7-2 thrashing by England at Wembley in 1955.
Between March 1964 and April 1965 he was player/manager of Southport before returning to Preston as assistant manager. He later became the owner of a sports outfitters shop in the Lancashire town.
Position: Full Back
Joined: 28-04-1945
Appearances: 42
Substitute Appearances:
Goals: 3
Nationality: Scottish
Previous Clubs: Hearts of Beath
Subsequent Clubs: Airdrie, Preston North End
Died: 28-11-2000
Born: Cowdenbeath
Debut against Rangers. NEL
Last game against Third Lanark. Victory Cup.
Cunningham cost Dunfermline £20 when signed from Hearts of Beath as an 18-year-old, combining football with working in the pits. As 14 year-old Willie had been selected for the Scottish Schoolboys team to play Wales.
Making his debut against Rangers in the North-East wartime league, he played just one full season before signing for Airdrie for £3000. A regular there for three seasons, Preston North End paid around £6000 to take him to Deepdale in summer of 1949.
A strong-tackling defender, he made 487 appearances for Preston, winning the Second Division title in 1951 and reaching the 1954 Cup Final. During his fourteen years as a Preston player, Willie Cunningham played for Scotland on eight occasions. He had the honour of captaining his country in five matches, including the 1954 World Cup Finals. In December 1954, he led Scotland at Hampden against the mighty Hungry, Puskas, Boszik, Kocsis and all. His last cap was the 7-2 thrashing by England at Wembley in 1955.
Between March 1964 and April 1965 he was player/manager of Southport before returning to Preston as assistant manager. He later became the owner of a sports outfitters shop in the Lancashire town.
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