Billy McCulloch
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Duncan McCulloch | ||
Date of birth | 22 June 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Date of death | March 1961 | (aged 38)||
Place of death | Manchester, England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1954 | Stockport County | 309 | (4) |
1954–1958 | Rochdale | 140 | (2) |
Total | 449 | (6) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Duncan McCulloch (25 June 1922 – March 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half for Stockport County and Rochdale. He made 449 league appearances in total.
Following his retirement, McCulloch was struck down by multiple sclerosis and died in Manchester in 1961, at the age of 38.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Billy McCulloch". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps.ISBN 1874427097
- ^ https://www.enfa.co.uk (subscription required)
- ^ "Liverpool v Stockport County 4–1 (League match: January 13, 1945)". 13 January 1945.
- ^ "Liverpool chasing another double". 12 January 1945.
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1961 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Men's association football wing halves
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Deaths from multiple sclerosis
- People with multiple sclerosis
- English Football League players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football biography stubs