Billy Cook (26 June 1940 – 2 July 2017) was a

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who played seven times for the Australia national association football team.

Playing career

Club career

Cook played his youth football for Galston Amateurs and Ardrossan Winton Rovers before signing with

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in 1959. He played ten matches for Kilmarnock before moving to Australia to play for Melbourne team Slavia.

International career

Cook represented Scotland once at under-14 level and twice at under-15 level. While playing at Slavia Cook came to the attention of the Australian selectors. Between 1965 and 1967 he played in seven full internationals for

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, including two against Scotland, his country of birth. He also played for the Victorian state team on several occasions.

Personal life

Cook died on 2 July 2017, aged 77.

Honours

Slavia Melbourne *

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* Victoria State League: runner-up 1966 * Dockerty Cup: 1964, 1965, 1967; runner-up 1966 * Victoria Ampol Cup: 1967

References

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