SOCCER PLAYER

Billy McNeill

1940 - 2019

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William McNeill (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to their European Cup victory in 1967 and later spent two spells as the club's manager. As a player and manager, he won 31 major trophies with Celtic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy McNeill is the 2,851st most popular soccer player (down from 2,675th in 2019), the 3,732nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,444th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy McNeill ranks 2,851 out of 21,273. Before him are Nihat Kahveci, José Luis Cuciuffo, David Acevedo, José Muguerza, Tomáš Galásek, and Boško Gjurovski. After him are Leon Goretzka, Mia Hamm, Pedro Artola, Ralph Hasenhüttl, Andrés Palop, and Kimiko Shiratori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Billy McNeill ranks 366. Before him are Werner Krämer, Bohdan Paczyński, Jean-Paul Proust, Don Nelson, Claire Bretécher, and Jorma Kaukonen. After him are Nasser Al-Sabah, Claus Offe, Ralph Towner, Karin Baal, Alberto Gallardo, and Vicente Miera. Among people deceased in 2019, Billy McNeill ranks 330. Before him are Gunder Bengtsson, Beth Carvalho, Rudi Assauer, Richard Lugar, Jaegwon Kim, and Giovanni Bramucci. After him are Therese Zenz, Abdallah Lamrani, Med Hondo, Harley Race, François Weyergans, and Dinko Dermendzhiev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy McNeill ranks 3,733 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Mann (1942), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Delia Derbyshire (1937), John Polkinghorne (1930), Joe Abercrombie (1974), and Nigel Terry (1945). After him are Jack McConnell (1960), Lucy Walter (1630), Don Revie (1927), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Derek Bell (1941), and Jennifer Saunders (1958).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Billy McNeill ranks 175. Before him are Billy Bremner (1942), Peter Bonetti (1941), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Steve Bloomer (1874), Vic Buckingham (1915), and Joe Gomez (1997). After him are Don Revie (1927), Peter McParland (1934), Tommy Banks (1929), Ashley Williams (1984), Willie Waddell (1921), and Jim Bellamy (1881).

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