William Morris Finlay (9 August 1926 – 4 September 2014) was a Scottish professional
football
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player and coach.
Career
Born in
Auchterderran
Auchterderran () is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.
The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urcha ...
Scottish Football League
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B Division Supplementary Cup
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s and a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1949–50; with Clyde he won the Scottish Cup in 1957–58 plus two lower-tier titles ( 1956–57 and 1961–62). He was among the most highly regarded players of the period never selected to represent
Scotland
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, though at the time there was a strong pool of local talent at various clubs across the country.
After retiring from playing he became manager of Lochore Welfare. He died in 2014, at which time he had been the longest-living member of East Fife's 'golden era' between the 1930s and 1950s.