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

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who played seven times for the

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Playing career

Club career

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

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

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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

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, 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 *

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

References

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