Willie Thornton

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Willie Thornton
Full name	Willam Thornton
Date of birth	March 3, 1920(1920-03-03)
Place of birth	Winchburgh, Scotland
Date of death	August 1, 1991 (aged 71)
Playing position	Striker (Retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1936–1954	Rangers	219 (138)
National team
1946–1952	Scotland	008 00(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Thornton (born 3 March 1920 - August 1991) was a Scottish footballer and manager. His entire senior playing career was spent with Rangers, and he is considered to be one of the greatest players in the club's history. He served in World War II in the Scottish Horse.

Thornton played for Rangers from 1936 to 1954, then became a manager with first Dundee and then Partick Thistle. He later returned to Rangers as assistant manager and was briefly caretaker in 1969, the side won his two matches in charge. He is one of Scotland's all time top scorers, with 139 League goals.

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Dundee F.C. – Managers

MacFarlane (1928) • Bisset (1928–33) • McCandless (1933–37) • Cunningham (1937–40) • Anderson (1944–54) • Thornton (1954–59) • Shankly (1959–65) • Kean (1965^c) • Ancell (1965–68) • Prentice (1968–72) • White (1972–77) • Gemmell (1977–80) • Mackay (1980–84) • Knox (1984–86) • Scott (1986–88) • Smith (1988–89) • Wallace (1989–91) • Blackley (1991^c) • Munro (1991–92) • Stainrod (1992–93) • Duffy (1993–96) • McCormack (1997–98) • Scott (1998–2000) • Bonetti (2000–02) • Duffy (2002–05) • Kernaghan (2005–06) • Rae (2006–)

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Partick Thistle F.C. – Managers

Easton (1903–29) • Turner (1929–47) • Meiklejohn (1947–59) • Thornton (1959–69) • Symon (1969–70) • McParland (1970–74) • Auld (1974–80) • Cormack (1980–83) • Rooney (1983–86) • Auld (1986) • Johnstone (1986–87) • Lamont (1987–88) • Lambie (1988–89) • Clark (1989–90) • Lambie (1990–95) • MacLeod (1995–97) • McVeigh (1997–98) • Bryce (1998–99) • Lambie (1999–03) • Collins (2003) • Britton & Whyte (2003–05) • Campbell (2005–07) • Bone (2007) • McCall (2007–-) •