Billy Sinclair (footballer)

Scott William Inglis "Billy" Sinclair (born 21 March 1943) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an wing-half.

Billy Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Scott William Inglis Sinclair[1]
Date of birth (1947-03-21) 21 March 1947
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Wing-half
Youth career
Riverside Juveniles
Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Chelsea 1 (0)
1966–1967 Glentoran
1967 → Detroit Cougars 10 (0)
1968–1969 Kilmarnock 10 (0)
1969–1970 Glentoran
Linfield
Club Marconi
1975–1978 Sligo Rovers
Managerial career
1975–1979 Sligo Rovers (player-manager)
1979–1980 Glenavon
1985–1992 Cliftonville
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sinclair started his career with Greenock Morton before moving to English side Chelsea in 1964.[1] Having only made one appearance for Chelsea, he moved to Northern Ireland to sign for Glentoran.[1] Due to an arrangement between Glentoran and American side Detroit Cougars, Sinclair played ten games in the 1967 United Soccer Association season.[2]

He returned to his native Scotland in 1968, spending one season with Kilmarnock, where he made ten appearances, before a return to Glentoran the following season.[1][3] He had a spell with Linfield before moving to Australia to play for Club Marconi.[1] His last club was Sligo Rovers, before going into management.[1]

Coaching career

While at Sligo Rovers, Sinclair assumed the position of player-manager, before briefly managing Glenavon.[1] He also managed Cliftonville between 1985 and 1992.[4][5]

Personal life

Sinclair was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2020.[6] His son has spoken out about the treatment of ex-footballers, and has called for better welfare support, as well as the disease to be treated as an industrial injury.[7][8]

Honours

Glentoran

Sligo Rovers

Individual

  • Malcolm Brodie Lifetime Achievement Award: 2021[5]

References
  1. Billy Sinclair at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Billy Sinclair". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. "Kilmarnock : 1946/47 - 2013/14". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. "Managing expectations". cliftonvillefc.net. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. Beacom, Steven (25 April 2021). "Billy Sinclair's surprise at lifetime achievement award from Ulster Footballer of the Year organisers". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. "Dementia: Footballer's son backs industrial injury call". bbc.co.uk. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. "Our King Billy in the thoughts of all at Sligo Rovers". sligorovers.com. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. McGovern, Eimear (21 March 2021). "'Players from dad's era didn't know about dementia risks', says son of Glentoran legend Billy Sinclair". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  9. "Back to the Oval for the Glentoran Greats". Glentoran FC. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  10. "Sligo Rovers win the League in 1977". RTE. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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