Bill Munro
Career
Born in Glasgow on 21 June 1934,{{Hugman|14227|accessdate=12 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/billymunro.html |title=BILLY MUNRO |work=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |publisher= |accessdate=21 September 2012}} Bill Munro played for Kilmarnock, Barrow and East Stirlingshire. He was appointed manager of Clydebank, owned by the Steedman family who had previously owned East Stirlingshire while Munro was a player there.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19770414&id=-OY9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jEgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3038,3007030 |title=The Clydebank fairy tale |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=14 April 1977 |accessdate=21 September 2012 |first=Ian |last=Paul}} Munro guided Clydebank to promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1977. He later managed Airdrie and also worked in women's football (at Cumbernauld Ladies).{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WIMMIN+WITH+THE+TIDE%3B+Women%27s+game+is+starting+to+shape+up.-a060934655 |title=Wimmin With The Tide |first=Paul |last=Sinclair |work=Daily Record |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=30 November 1998 |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
Death
Munro died on 5 October 2023, at the age of 89.{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Tom |title=Former Clydebank manager Bill Munro dies aged 89 |url=https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/sport/23838386.former-clydebank-manager-bill-munro-dies-aged-89/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=Clydebank Post |date=6 October 2023}}[https://announcements.glasgowworld.com/person/bill-munro/59e8fbe3-e0c8-4147-ba0e-7a1d8f33c8d3?notice=d37bf85d-7881-45ae-951e-db94b651a945 Bill Munro]
Honours
;Clydebank
- Scottish First Division promotion 1976–77
- Stirlingshire Cup : 1978–79, 1979–80
References
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Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players
Category:Barrow A.F.C. players
Category:East Stirlingshire F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:Clydebank F.C. (1965) managers