Willie Ormond
Football, Football player
1927 – 1984
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Who was Willie Ormond?
William 'Willie' Esplin Ormond OBE was a Scottish football player and manager. As a player, Ormond was well known as one of Hibernian's Famous Five forward line, winning three league championships in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He then returned to prominence as a manager, first with a successful spell at St. Johnstone, and then taking Scotland to the 1974 World Cup. Scotland were unbeaten at that World Cup, but were eliminated on goal difference.
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- Born
- Feb 23, 1927
Falkirk - Nationality
- Scotland
- Lived in
- Falkirk
- Died
- May 4, 1984
Musselburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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