Bill Collins

Who was Bill Collins?

William Hanna "Bill" Collins, also popularly known as Buster Collins is a Northern Irish former professional football player. His clubs included Distillery, Belfast Celtic, Luton Town and Gillingham.

He later became reserve team manager at Gillingham, and in 1965 was appointed by manager Freddie Cox as the head of the club's newly organised youth scheme, a post he held for nearly twenty years. He served as first team trainer and kitman for a further ten years, finally retiring in 1993 at the age of 73. He has been cited as a major influence on the careers of future stars Micky Adams and Steve Bruce.

He died in 2010 at the age of 90.