Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909)

Northern Irish professional football player and manager

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1909

Place of Birth: Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1992

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909)

  • William Cook (20 January 1909 – 11 December 1992) was a Northern Irish professional football player and manager.
  • He was capped 15 times for Ireland.Cook began his football career in Scotland with Junior side Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors.
  • He signed for Celtic in February 1930, and made his debut within the week in a 4–0 win over Ayr United.
  • He established himself in the side, and at the end of the following season won a Scottish Cup medal when Celtic defeated Motherwell in the final after a replay.
  • Cook usually played at right-back, but could also play as a left-back when the need arose.In December 1932, Cook was transferred to Everton for £3,000.
  • It was a surprise move at the time and he is considered one of the first high-profile players to leave Celtic mid season for another club.
  • Cook stated that the reasons for the move were financial.
  • He enjoyed immediate success at Goodison Park, helping Everton win the FA Cup with a 3–0 win over Manchester City at Wembley.
  • On his death in December 1992, almost 60 years later, he was the last surviving player from that team.
  • A League championship win followed in 1939, but the outbreak of World War II prevented Everton from building further on this success.
  • In his time at Everton, Cook made 250 appearances and scored six goals.During the war years, Cook guested for several clubs throughout Britain.
  • Following the end of the war, he had brief spells at Wrexham and Ellesmere Port Town before joining Rhyl as player-manager in October 1946.Cook became coach at Norwegian club SK Brann in 1947, before returning to the UK to briefly coach Sunderland.
  • The next few years saw Cook travelling extensively; rejoining SK Brann for a couple of years, moving to South America to coach the Peru national side, before returning home in 1954 as manager of Portadown.
  • Then after a spell as Youth team manager of Northern Ireland he went abroad again, spending a year as manager of the Iraq national side.
  • He returned to the UK again in 1956, with spells as manager at Wigan and Crewe before becoming trainer-coach at Norwich in 1958.

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