Torrance Gillick

Torrance 'Torry' Gillick (19 May 1915-December 12, 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played on the wing for Rangers, Everton and Partick Thistle.

Born in Airdrie, Gillick was signed in 1933, at the age of 18, for Rangers by manager Bill Struth, after playing for prominent Glasgow junior club Petershill F.C.. He won a Scottish Cup winners medal in 1935, and that summer was sold to Everton for, a then record fee for the club, £8000. He stayed on Merseyside until the Second World War and during that time earned his five Scotland caps and a Football League Championship medal in 1939.

During the conflict Gillick "guested" for home-town Airdrieonians and Rangers[1] and at the cessation of hostilities in 1945, Struth brought him back to Ibrox. He soon developed into a forward with excellent ball control and vision and became a feature in the famous post-war Rangers side, forming a partnership on the left with Willie Waddell. In his time at Ibrox, he played 140 times, scoring 62 goals. He won one League Championship medal (1946/47), two Scottish Cup medals (1934/35, 1947/48) and two League Cup medals (1946/47, 1948/49).

Gillick left Rangers for Partick Thistle in August 1951. He played one season with the Jags before retiring to oversee his business interest, a Lanarkshire scrap metal firm.[1] He died on December 12, 1971, on the same day as fellow former Rangers player Alan Morton.

References

  1. ^ a b Lamming, Douglas (1987) (Hardback). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986. Hutton Press. (ISBN 0-907033-47-4). 

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