Willie Cunningham (Scottish footballer)

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Willie Cunningham
Personal information
Full name William Carruthers Cunningham
Date of birth 22 February 1925(1925-02-22)
Place of birth    Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Date of death    November 15, 2000 (aged 75)
Place of death    Unknown,
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Fullback
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1946
1946-1949
1949-1963
1963-1965		 Dunfermline Athletic
Airdrie
Preston North End
Southport		 003 (0)
093 (9)
487 (3)
012 (0)   
National team
1954–1955 Scotland 008 (0)
Teams managed
1963-1965 Southport

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

William Carruthers Cunningham (born 22 February 1925; died 15 November 2000) was a Scottish professional international footballer who played in both the Scottish and English leagues.

Born in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Cunningham began his career as a centre half with Dunfermline Athletic, combining part-time football with a mining job in the local colliery. He moved to Airdrie and scored 9 goals in 93 appearances for the Diamonds before a £5,000 fee took him south to Preston North End on 28 June 1949.

Cunningham had by this stage converted to playing as a full-back and made his North End debut against Grimsby Town at Deepdale on 24 August 1949. 12 years later he made his four hundredth league appearance in a goalless draw against Bolton Wanderers on 18 April 1961, the last of the 1953-54 Cup Final team still playing for the club.

Cunningham was capped eight times for his native Scotland - including captaining the side during the 1954 World Cup finals. On leaving Preston in 1963 he had a brief spell as player/manager at Southport before returning to Deepdale as Reserve Team trainer.

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Scotland squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup
1 Martin • 2 Cunningham • 3 Aird • 4 Evans • 5 Docherty • 6 Davidson • 7 Cowie • 8 Mackenzie • 9 Hamilton • 10 Brown • 11 Mochan • 12 Fernie • 13 Ormond • 14 Anderson • 15 Johnstone • 16 Henderson • 17 Mathers • 18 Wilson • 19 Binning • 20 Combe • 21 Copland • 22 McMillan • Coach: Beattie
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Persondata
NAME Cunningham, Willie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Cowdenbeath, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH