William Pirie (born 2 April 1949) is a former Scottish footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Pirie commenced his senior Scottish football career with Huntly FC of the Highland Football League before transferring to his home town Scottish First Division League Club, Aberdeen FC. However, Pirie is best known for his time with

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from 1976 to 1980, where he made 112 league appearances (138 total), scoring 93 goals in the process (106 total), with 44 goals in his first season with the club remains a club record and secured for him the 1977 Player of the Year award. Prior to his stint with Dundee, Pirie had spells with

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, Scottish sides

Huntly Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlemen ...

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

and

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, and moved to

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after to play with

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. Pirie became a member of Dundee's Hall of Fame in 2016, and received the Legends Award.

Honours

Dundee * Scottish First Division: 1978–79

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirie, Billy Scottish footballers 1949 births Living people Dundee F.C. players Huntly F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Scottish Football League players Footballers from Aberdeen Men's association football forwards Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Australia