Billy Cook

Who was Billy Cook?

William Cook was a Northern Irish professional football player and manager. He was capped 15 times for Northern Ireland.

During his career he played for Celtic in Scotland and Everton in England. Cook took up the position of player-manager at Rhyl F.C. in 1946 before moving on to SK Brann in Norway and the Peru national side amongst others.

He was a member of Everton's FA Cup winning side of 1933, and on his death in December 1992, almost 60 years later, he was the last surviving player from that team.