William Neill MBE (1929 – 28 October 1997)[1] was a Northern Irish footballer who played in the Irish League with Glentoran from 1950 to 1963.
He was capped fourteen times by the Irish League XI between 1952 and 1959, and played in unofficial Northern Ireland matches in a tour of North America (1953) and against South Africa (1958).
He was named the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1959–60 season.
The Billy Neill MBE Soccer School of Excellence in Dundonald, County Down is named after him.
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