David Will

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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David Houston Will {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (20 November 1936 – 25 September 2009) was a Scottish association football administrator who held a number of prominent positions.

A solicitor by profession,{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Former-FIFA-campaigner-and-SFA.5679696.jp|title=Former FIFA campaigner and SFA administrator David Will dies, aged 72|accessdate=25 September 2009|date=25 September 2009|newspaper=The Scotsman |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928050046/http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Former-FIFA-campaigner-and-SFA.5679696.jp |archivedate=28 September 2009}} Will was chairman of Brechin City for two decades, before becoming president of the Scottish Football Association (the governing body of Scottish football) and a vice-president of FIFA (the governing body of world football).{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8274443.stm|title=Scottish FA mourns death of Will|accessdate=25 September 2009|date=25 September 2009|work=BBC Sport}}

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 Birthday Honours for services to association football.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2002/birthday_honours_2002/2045337.stm |title=Honours for Scotland |website=BBC News |date=14 June 2002 |accessdate=12 August 2019}}{{London Gazette |issue=56595 |date=15 June 2002 |supp=y |pages=9 }}

Will died of cancer in September 2009 at the age of 72.