Willie Carr

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Willie McInanny Carr (born 6 January 1950) is a former Scottish football player.

Carr was born in Glasgow but spent part of his formative teenage years in Cambridge, where his family relocated in 1963.^[1] He joined Coventry City in 1967 and stayed until 1975, scoring 33 goals in 246 league appearances for the Sky Blues. He is world famed for the donkey kick goal scored against Everton in 1970, when he took a free kick by gripping the ball between his ankles and flicking it up for Ernie Hunt to volley home. Luckily the match was televised on Match of the Day for the world to enjoy as at the end of the season the move was banned.

Carr moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80,000 in March 1975 and helped his new side to win the 1976-77 in English football|1976-77]] Second Division title and the 1979-80 League Cup.^[1] He later played for Millwall between 1982 and 1984.

Carr played internationally for Scotland, winning 6 caps between 1970 and 1972.